Sitting looking at an evergrowing list of things I need to do I really do wonder sometimes if Ive bitten off more than I can chew. I am Hannah I'm 26 and live in Hertfordshire in the UK. Most of my days are spent working for a local social services department as a social work assistant, which I describe as a paid excuse to legitamatly be as nosy as social boundaries will not normally let me. I work with adults with a variety of disabilities and older frail people. I love it but can't wait for the opportunity to spend my days doing something different. I am so lucky they are allowing me the freedom to take the break and still have a job to come back to.

I have wanted to travel to central and south america for 9 years but have always found an excuse why I couldn't possibly do it, but this time I swallowed my nerves and booked the internship. I learnt to dive nearly 2 years ago and apart from a few dives in egypt have spent most of my underwater time in a less that appealing lake in Peterborough. I love diving and it is my time to truly relax and I can't wait to learn so much more about the underwater world that has mystified us humans for so long. I want to be able to pass my passion for being underwater and the secrets and wonders it relinqushes to those that take the time to look.

Some days I do wonder as I scour ebay for yet another peice of kit for as cheap as I can get it, why quite i thought this would be fun. As my friends go out partying and I sit in saving that next £50 for the "mexico fund" as it's fondly been dubbed by my friends, if it will all be worth it, but I am sure as soon as get off the plane that every missed adventure at home will be long forgotten as the adventure of a lifetime begins.