Pavel and the Estonians (sounds like a bad tecno band)

My old buddy Pavel who I have known for years from when he was an intern at Mares recently visited us with a group of his friends. Pavel and his buddies all live in Estonia so I believe he is our customer from the furthest away.

Unfortunately Pavels trip was a bummer for most of it. You see Pavel is Russian but lives in Estonia his friends are Estonian so they have EU passports but Pavels is Russian. The Honduran consulate in Sweeden told Pavel he did not require any special visa but when he got to New York to come to Roatan the airline would not let him on and he was delayed a week getting a visa from the Honduran consul in New York. His friends however did get to come on down but they showed up to a horrible Norther storm blowing in and had to deal with that.

They all eventually got down and even got their diving certifications. Luckily they were typical European tourists and had planned a 2 week Holiday.

Pavel is doing quite well and it was great to see him again and meet his friends all super people. I hope to be able to return the favor and go see them all in Estonia and of course I am sure they will do thier best to stop me at the border and make sure it snows on me just to get even.