The last few weeks have been rather eventful since my last entry. I learnt to love Roatan. The latin american experience I was looking for (whatever that is anyway) I discovered would never be found. The history and culture of the island are more routed in Garifuna traditions than Latin American ones. In fact the locals I met and spoke with did not see themselves as Hondurans at all. The Garifunas are descendents of African slaves that were left on the islands in the 1600s. The people of Roatan were warm and friendly. I was constantly invited to have dinner at [View Full Entry]

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My journey so far has been fairly uneventful. The flight to Houston, was long, dull and cold- I do not like ac. The air hostesses reminded me of Stepford wives, mechanical in their actions, their painted faces in a permanent grin/grimace. My body and mind were confused by the 10.5 hours of sunshine during the flight- would it ever get dark again? I braced myself for the interrogation I was led to believe I would experience at American customs. I was instead greeted by a friendly and welcoming customs officer. Probably something to do with my gender, colour of skin and [View Full Entry]

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On the morning of October 2nd, we took the ferry from La Ceiba to Utila, the westernmost Bay Island and the mecca of diving backpackers. Right off the ferry, we were accosted by many representatives from different dive shops handing us their flyers and telling us their specials. It would have been a bit overwhelming had we not had any idea of where to go. But luckily for us, George had been in communication with one of the dive centers, Underwater Vision, after being recommended by 2 separate individuals: Tony, the guy who we met at the guesthouse in La Ceiba, [View Full Entry]

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Bus after bus and sweat drenched bodies crammed in vans with no air conditioning or open windows we made it to the capital city Teguicigalpa, Honduras. We had no real plans to stay here for more than a night because of the said dangers, but we stretched one night into two and enjoyed our short time here. It was an expensive two days, but as we would find out shortly, Honduras became an expensive holiday across the board. We had to take taxis from place to place beause it was not safe to walk anywhere, but around the air conditioned mall. [View Full Entry]

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After all that work to get out of the country in a big hurry because of the possibility of violence or being stuck in Honduras, nothing much happened during the time that I would have been there. The rest of my tour went back to the mainland, went to Copan, crossed the border into Guatemala without a problem and finished the tour. Ah, timing is everything. Still glad that I left when I did. [View Full Entry]

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I recently vacationed with my family on Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. One of the activities that we were most excited about was fishing for tuna. We've fished in Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Alaska, always having an excellent experience even when the fish weren't biting. Not the case with this trip. The first mate spent the bulk of his time on his cell phone conducting personal business instead of taking care of his duties on the boat. Even when he was not on his phone, he didn't have a clue about which tackle to rig and how to rig it. Consequently, [View Full Entry]

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Current troubles and Central American passions during coups being well known for exploding, my tour group decided to skip going to Copan and get the heck out of Honduras. We were on Utila enjoying some diving and relaxing after sneaking out of the capital, Tegucigalpa, only about an hour before the roads were blockaded. Our tour leader thought he could get us back onto the mainland and to San Pedro Sula and out via a flight to Guatemala City. As the previous night he had stated going to the mainland was NOT a good idea, Corinne and I (a tour member [View Full Entry]

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Roatan is probably the most beautiful place I’ve been, it’s everything you’d expect a typical Caribbean island to be. A glorious last stop on my round the world trip (if you don’t count a Miami that is). I’m not much of a beachy holiday kinda girl but I can tell you that Roatan could easily change my mind. I was staying in West Bay, reportedly the most beautiful beach on the island and maybe the best in Honduras. And it certainly looked like it to me. A wide sweeping beach, powder soft white sand and almost always pretty quiet, shady palm [View Full Entry]

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WHY WOULD I WANNA GO HOME...IF I CAN STAY HERE????? I asked myself this a couple of times and then decided to extend (again) my flight ticket, stay here a bit longer...go slowly to South America and just enjoy the rest of my trip... So YES...I am going back home in january 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it! Time is flying here and I can not imagine myself going home now...it is just toooooo soon!!!!! We are here, on Utila for the past month and a half, working (!), diving, snorkling and having good time... A couple of weeks ago we had strong earhtquake [View Full Entry]

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Amazing. This place is sick. Theres only two or three roads that go around the islands but there is tons of things on each of them. We get into town after an hour ferry ride from La Ceiba. Immediately upon arriving, we are swarmed with like fifteen representatives from each dive shop on the island. There are around ten or so dive shops here, maybe a few more. All of them are pretty much the same price. We walked around the island with Jen and Darron, a couple from Oregon we have been traveling with for the past week or so, [View Full Entry]

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