Pez Maya, Mexico

So have now been in Mexico for two weeks and I have been in Tulum and in Pez Mia (or Pez as we tend to call it).

I started in Tulum, where I did my Open Water diving course in Casa Cenote. It was beautiful and I didn`t have to deal with any sea sickness becasue it was fresh water, as calm as anything and we didn`t have to go anywhere on a boat, and on top of that the location was amazing. There were a few fish down there, and there were also some cave systems which we explored a little as well - which was really cool. I was the only one on my course, so I finished all the skills and everything pretty speadily and was able to spend quite a lot of time exploring the underwater area which was a lot of fun. Having stayed in Tulum for 4 days at the GVI base there (the GVI teaching base) I then moved down to Pez (the GVI diving base), which was about an hours drive away in a collectivo.

Pez is litterally just the GVI base on the beach, it is pretty much in the middle of no where, and has no real electricity and no running water, we make do with a generator that is usually on for two hours a day and a well with a bucket! The place we are staying in, is actually a converted set of luxury villas from the 70`s. The place was abandonded becasue of hurrican damage, and trust me - it is far from what I would call "luxury" now, it is however a v. beautiful place!! As I said it is right on the beach, the sand is lovely underfoot and we dont need to wear shoes at all. We say in bunk beds in little huts of six people, getting up at 6am to do chores everyday. Breakfast is at 6:30, boat push is at seven (pushing the boats down to the waters edge), there are then two dives, lunch is at 11:30, followed my another two dives (you normally go out on one or two or the four dives mentioned), dinner is at 6:30 and lights out is usually between 8:30 and 9:00, or whenever the Generator (or Jenny as she is called) goes out, at which point we all head to bed feeling utterly shattered. It is a very hecktic schedual, and in between diving chores and eating we have to study and obviously socialize a little!!