No diving today, Miguel, the freelance dive guide hired by Xibalba, being once again otherwise occupied. Not that I mind too much, as after yesterday's dive my ear was slightly aching and I'm treating it now with antibiotic drops (Soldrin Otico), to prevent it getting any worse, as ear infections usually tend to do real fast.
Still, the apparent inexplicable shortage of reliable full-time and free-lance dive guides is rather annoying. Mostly because there doesn't seem to be any planning. It's day to day careless business. Reason enough I'd say to check any alternatives.
Not being able to make the movie I wanted doesn't help diminish my frustration of course. Not just because I flooded my camcorder. My technique hasn't really gotten any better after twenty dives. It would be easy to blame my back-up camera's limited video capabilities (read: very low resolution, poor light sensitivity, lack of image stabilization), but the fact remains that I just need a lot more dives, camera handling practice and some professional guidance.
