Roatan Today – Problems in paradise

You’ve all heard the saying “when it rains – it pours”. Today was that kind of day.

THE PROPANE RAN OUT IN THE RESTAURANT
THE WELL PUMP BURNED OUT
THE POWER WENT OFF ABOUT 1:00PM

Needless to say everything is being improvised today. The kitchen used an electric stove until power went but it only had 4 burners which is hardly enough of a restaurant. Later they tried using sterno which wasn’t very effective.

I offered my gas bottle but I don’t think they didn’t use it. I said I’d trade my gas for free meals. They took my bottle but gas was finally delivered just before the dinner cooking started.

The water problem is much more serious of course. After being the salt water you really need a clean shower but that didn’t happen for most people today. I got enough of a trickle to rinse off a little. You also can’t flush the toilets but they are providing 5 gallon buckets of salt water to help with that. Believe me, you don't want to experience a water crisis.

We did get in 3 dives today but only 2 people out of 10 went diving. This place is just so relaxing people often give up the diving to chill out, rest on the beach or nap in a hammock. I did all 3 dives and I think that’s the first time since I’ve been here.

We have a lady diving this week that should not have been certified. She was certified in Cozumel but she can’t do anything right. We need to assign someone to watch out for her and help her during every dive. She can descend, ascend, do safety stops and she can’t even follow the divemaster. She often goes in the opposite direction. She uses all her air within 20 minutes on every dive. I don’t know what her problem is. Ben even gave her a free refresher class but she didn’t understand any of it and it didn’t help a bit.

I also went to Camp Bay and found the guy that found our buoys that had come loose in the storms. I gave him $5 for the two he found. Both of us were happy with that deal. Now I need time to re-install them a little more securely.