We were leaving in the afternoon, once the dive boat returned to Hotel Kayla, so we had to 
check out by 8am to have the rooms cleaned, but we still did not have enough diving yet. At the last minute, we decided to do another self-guided dive, this time around Diamond Cay, the island right across from the Jewel Cay. We divided the responsibilities around the same as last time, and we jumped in the water; we saw more sea pearls as well as the resident porcupine fish, who swam along with us for a while. What we didn´t realise from above water is that while Diamond Cay is a round island, the reason for its name is the shape of the coral that surrounds it, which threw me for a loop when we kept on diving in one direction along the wall without turning. We did make it
safely back after about an hour, but not before a few tense moments when I was considering the long surface swim back if we came up at the wrong place. The important accomplishment is that we completed our second self-guided dive, and we were really proud of that. By the time we put our equipment away we saw Miss Kary return, went to grab our bags and say our goodbyes to everyone from Captain Morgan´s.
We got a ride back to East Harbour, went inside the dive shop to settle our bill, while at the same time calling around to find a room for the night. We finally found a 3 person room at Hotel
Bavaria, and went there to drop off our bags; this had to be one of the smallest rooms I have ever seen. From the door you would step right into the bed, from which you could roll over and end up in the bathroom, which we were convinced used to be a closet before it was converted. Either way, it was simply a place to sleep for the night, so we didn´t say much about it since we wouldn´t be spending too much time there. We went back into town to use the internet (there was no access on the Cays) and then did some shopping for our sailing trip. While we were using the internet, we did some research about Roatan, our next destination after Cayos Cochinos, and we were 
more than a little dissapointed. Everything was either fully booked or so out of our budget that after a quick conference we all decided that we wanted to spend our last few days together in a place that was affordable and we felt comfortable in, so we returned to Captain Morgan´s to tell them we were be back on the cays in a few days, after the sailing trip. We met up with everyone at the dive shop, after the arrival of the afternoon ferry, and once they closed down we all headed out for dinner at Dave´s, where coincidentally Dave the DMT happened to work. After dinner we said goodvye to Sam, Steve, Anouk, Ian and Koki and went back to the hotel since we had an early morning start to meet Captain Rusty.
check out by 8am to have the rooms cleaned, but we still did not have enough diving yet. At the last minute, we decided to do another self-guided dive, this time around Diamond Cay, the island right across from the Jewel Cay. We divided the responsibilities around the same as last time, and we jumped in the water; we saw more sea pearls as well as the resident porcupine fish, who swam along with us for a while. What we didn´t realise from above water is that while Diamond Cay is a round island, the reason for its name is the shape of the coral that surrounds it, which threw me for a loop when we kept on diving in one direction along the wall without turning. We did make it
safely back after about an hour, but not before a few tense moments when I was considering the long surface swim back if we came up at the wrong place. The important accomplishment is that we completed our second self-guided dive, and we were really proud of that. By the time we put our equipment away we saw Miss Kary return, went to grab our bags and say our goodbyes to everyone from Captain Morgan´s.We got a ride back to East Harbour, went inside the dive shop to settle our bill, while at the same time calling around to find a room for the night. We finally found a 3 person room at Hotel
Bavaria, and went there to drop off our bags; this had to be one of the smallest rooms I have ever seen. From the door you would step right into the bed, from which you could roll over and end up in the bathroom, which we were convinced used to be a closet before it was converted. Either way, it was simply a place to sleep for the night, so we didn´t say much about it since we wouldn´t be spending too much time there. We went back into town to use the internet (there was no access on the Cays) and then did some shopping for our sailing trip. While we were using the internet, we did some research about Roatan, our next destination after Cayos Cochinos, and we were 
more than a little dissapointed. Everything was either fully booked or so out of our budget that after a quick conference we all decided that we wanted to spend our last few days together in a place that was affordable and we felt comfortable in, so we returned to Captain Morgan´s to tell them we were be back on the cays in a few days, after the sailing trip. We met up with everyone at the dive shop, after the arrival of the afternoon ferry, and once they closed down we all headed out for dinner at Dave´s, where coincidentally Dave the DMT happened to work. After dinner we said goodvye to Sam, Steve, Anouk, Ian and Koki and went back to the hotel since we had an early morning start to meet Captain Rusty. 
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