Blogs from Lake Yojoa, Western, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 2

After the expedition to Aguas Calientes, Marco and I had agreed to meet for a couple of drinks and to discuss the possibility of traveling together to La Ceiba where he wanted to do some kayaking. He brought with him an English girl who had checked into his accomodation who was eager to join him on an expedition into La Moskita which is a vast roadless area along the Carribean cost in Eastern Honduras and Northwestern Nicaragua. I agreed that this could be possible if she didn't mind be crammed into the back of the Scion so now there were three. I amended the plan by suggesting that we should detour to Lake Yajoa and stay one night there before pressing on to La Ceiba. Thus agreed we drove about 4 hours to an interesting expat ... read more

Twin beds aren't so bad. Geoff snuggled with me for a bit & then retreated to his own bed. Not quite as spacious as our king size at home. For breakfast we had some coffee & some freshly baked muffins at the pastry shop below us. I am going to miss pastry shops at every turn. Yum. We then spent the next hour running back & forth around town looking for an internet store (first hotel or hostel without wifi in awhile) to take care of our deposit for our island rental. We're renting an island in the Bay Islands all to ourselves for 2 nights. They were all booked up but had a cancellation so we snatched it. But, we have to put a deposit into a bank account & we found out her account ... read more

On the 15th, Ashley and I started our trip through Honduras and Guatemala. Stayed one night in Tegucigalpa (capital of Honduras) and visited two churches the next morning - really nice plaza and walking areas in the center. Then we took a bus to Lago de Yojoa. Rented a row boat for equivalent of about $3 and managed to row ourselves down the canal to the lake. We each tried rowing on our own but decided it would be much more efficient if we each just rowed one oar together. When we got to the lake, jumped in - really refreshing despite the algae everywhere. On the way back down the canal rowing in our swimsuits, a local family was in a boat coming the other way. We said good morning and the man told us ... read more

Once we arrived at the destination we had tried to get to a day before, we were actually glad that we got stuck in Tegucigalpa because of the curfew. D&D Brewery is a fair bit out of the way. However, the owner is from Oregon and Justin was intrigued by a microbrewery in the Honduran countryside. We ended up taking a taxi there for a couple bucks. Once we got there, we found out that "we don't know where the owner is or when he is coming back...and we are out of beer." Followed up by receptions recommendation that we stay somewhere else. They said cortijo was nice. So we went down to Cartijo and got dorm beds for $10 each. More than we thought the area should cost, especially since our private room in the ... read more

Après cinq bus et un taxi, nous débarquons face à une petite ruelle de pierres qui nous mène tout droit à la porte du D&D Brewery, quelque part au beau milieu de nulle part. Cette petite micro-brasserie, muni de quelques chambres confortables et d'une exellente table, a vu le jour lorsque son propriétaire Robert Dale a découvert un pur cristal au fond d'une caverne, lors de recherches archéologiques! Suite à cette incroyable découverte, "Bob" à donc saisi l'occasion pour vendre son joyau et bâtir son rêve, ici, à quelques kilomètres du lac de Yojoa, un spectaculaire sanctuaire pour les quelques 3000 espèces d'oiseaux (migrateurs ou non) qui peuplent le lieu. C'est accompagné d'un proche voisin du nom de Malcom, un excentrique londonien, que nous découvrons cet univers fragile qu'est celui des oiseaux. Toucans, geais, hérons, vautours, ... read more