Our week onboard the Roatan Aggressor was our first live aboard experience. What an amazing time we had! This trip included myself and my husband, and our two adult daughters, one of whom is a marine biologist and master diver. We also had two friends join us from our hometown in Idaho. Most of us were newbie divers, with about 25 dives in our log.

The Aggressor staff of eight worked nonstop, updating us with information, cooking, cleaning, serving, and diving with us. This crew offered "fintastic" service --- fins put on and taken off-- for each dive. At every turn, we were treated with graciousness and excellent service. As a full-time homemaker, I especially enjoyed the delicious meals and total cleanup, truly a vacation from my normal kitchen routine.

With five dives per day, and meals and snacks in-between, our days were quite filled. But we found time for napping, sitting in the hot tub, and even took the nitrox certification course. I really appreciated how the staff consistently communicated the schedule for the day.

Once I had a couple of dives under my belt on our first day, I felt more confident underwater, and appreciated the guidance of our dive masters. They were there for us to follow if we wished, help us locate sea creatures, and to make sure we could return to the boat at dive's end. With 18 of us in the water, we needed to practice spacing ourselves out as we explored underwater. But we saw many beautiful reefs, and amazing fish and creatures. I was a little nervous about night dives, and finally did the last one--it was awesome.

We enjoyed meeting the other divers and getting to know them throughout the week. We learned even more about diving just by listening and asking questions. Many of them had very nice cameras and were happy to share their captures with us.

The cocktails party at the end of our week was very fun--awards and mingling with the staff was a great way to end this exceptional week. We stayed for another week in Roatan, and are grateful for that time... we rested and relaxed and got our land legs back.

We are already talking about our next live aboard adventure--can't wait!