Blogs from Lake Yojoa, Western, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 3

"I've just spotted a little owl." It's 5.40am and my heart misses a beat. A man with a white plaited beard is standing in the far corner of the room. What the hell, has he been in here all night?! I remember where I am. It's Malcolm the bird man. We met Malcolm the night before in the D&D brewery, near Los Naranjos. Malcolm is originally from Ipswich in England and I'd say he is in his sixties. His speech was soft and slowed, like someone pressing the slightest of touches on a record of his voice spinning on a turntable - a result of travelling the four corners of the globe for years spotting birds while indulging in a cocktail of drugs. He fascinated us with his knowledge of all things feathered and a 6am ... read more

so we have made the move...lindsie and i are on the road yet again...albeit one motorcycle less and not nearly as financially secure as hoped...but at least moving. our last month or so in antigua was hectic but fun...we worked as much as we could, and spent lot´s time figuring out how to downsize all of the crap we had accumulated (other than the motorcycle we were able to fenangle two beers for some crappy purple snorkel gear...all else was sacrifised to the reilly´s staff). speaking of the motorcycle...with much sadness, lindsie´s bike was sold to a guatemalan guy named marcelo...let me tell you how much of a nightmare it is to import/sell u.s. bikes in guatemala...no i won´t tell you, it was just scary...we had to bring our hitman/translator/drinking partner to the border with us ... read more

We stayed at a picturesque family-run hostel called El Cortijo del Lago (The Farmhouse of the Lake) owned by an American ex-pat, his Honduran wife, and their children. It sprawled leisurely across a small valley away from the road and overlooking the lake. With the big, breezy screened-in common areas, books and board games, canoes and foosball, it felt a lot like summer camp. We managed to navigate a cobbled dock-boat out into the lake (to anchor and swim off) - it was a 6´x 6´ platform mounted and precariously balanced on a couple of narrow pontoons - it was rather awkward but fun to maneuver with some Brits we met. The egrets and the hawks soaring and feeding above the shores reminded us that this spot of nature hadn´t yet been conquered by man. The ... read more

Hi everybody, thanks for the messages. We´re doing fine, we´re at Lago de Yojoa now at the D &D Brewery which is very nice. It´s owned by a guy named Bob who moved here from Oregon and started a microbrewery and lodge. We had a nice cabin last night, but may need to switch to a room today as a lot of people were coming out here because of the storm. As you probably know Hurricane Felix hit Nicaragua today as a Cat 5 and will be down to a tropical storm today if it isn´t already. It had been predicted to hit the island Utila where we were up until yesterday when we left and came here. Now it looks like the lake will be getting more rain than the island! Figures. The island was ... read more

YojoaRobertson¡Feliz cumpleaños a ti! ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ti! ¡Feliz cumpleaños a Chance! ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ti! Feliz cumpleaños mi amor. Me hace falta mucho. Tu eres mi corazon. I'm starting to write in spanish in my journal. I'll probably end up blogging in spanish as well. How exciting! We stayed 2 nights at this place called D y D bed and breakfast and microbrewery. It was very secluded. You have to set out for a journey to really get anywhere. The place is very self sufficient and it has a pool! Oth yeah! We spent the first day chilling out since we travelled for a good amount of time from Copan on a bus to San Pedro. In San Pedro we had to find the central bus station and find a bus called El Mochito. From ... read more