http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Honduras , Tela en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:46:46 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:46:46 BST What hit me first about Tela was its obvious state of poverty. For a place advertised as the upandcoming tourist beach hot spot in Central America it needs a lot of work. Being the off season there wasn't enough people for a Garifuna tour. So I went for second best and tried the Garifuna Museum but soon found out the building was there but the museum didn't exist. When that fell through there http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-324776.html Here were are on the north coast of Honduras.... in the little town of Tela. Not much to this place really.... kinda small and pokey. Well most of the towns along the north coast of Honduras are just that. But one really feels as though they are off the beaten track when they are here... especially that of mainstream tourism. Actually even the backpacker trail seems to run a little thin in http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-308066.html I did a sufficient amount of thinking in Tela this weekend...Tela Glad to be back in San Pedro. Tela is extremely lovely but I'm still a little under the weather so the energy level was low. But it went much smoother than I expected. Remember the new couple They're still boring. But genuinely nice people. Cory and I talked about my patience with them and I decided I would make more of an effor http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-302508.html so we wake up in san pedro opting for a leisurely journey to utila rather than an aggressively early start that would allow us to catch the 930am ferry from la ceiba to utila. after all that travel from the day before we decide that the 400 ferry will work just fine especially since we wouldn't be diving until the following day anyway. and we can also hit tela a sleepy beachtown on the way http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-281500.html Our last evening in Antigua was spent with our new travelling companions 5 others plus a trip leader ie. the man whos going to book all the buses and sort all the hotels for us. That doesnt mean he holds our hands and shepherds us around and weve got plenty of time to do our own thing too. I was still not feeling too good so was straight to bed after dinner for an early start the next morning http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-259417.html Ro DulceAfter a wonderful week in San Andrs we climbed back on the gringo trail and headed for the Honduran border.Our last stop in Guatemala was Ro Dulce Sweet River.It was a cramped and dirty town centered around tourist buses and street stalls tightly packed on the only road in town it was a very drastic change after our week in sleepy nontouristy San Andrs.We took a small motor boa http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-254799.html Tela and Omoa are located at Hundoras Bay not so much away from the Bay Islands. The water is nice especially at Omoa where it gets a green color due to the high vegitation. The beaches are covered with black sand. The trip itself especially between Omoa and Guatemala boarder is a very nice ride through Guatemalas rain forest. I would say the best nature and vegitation I have seen so far. Afte http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-248808.html WOW So Aric arrived in Honduras last Saturday and then we went to the airport to pick up his friend on Sunday...who actually ended up to be my MOTHER She decided last minute to come too and SURPRISED me like none other IncredibleWe rented a car and got back to Copan Sunday night then spent the next three days... visiting the ruins exploring Copan Ruinas and meeting my friends going http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-222394.html Hello again One last post before we head out to dinner and some discos tonight. Well our stay in the Tela area has been interesting to say the least. We spent Wed. night at the Mango Inn which was a nice hostel in istelf but set off a really noisy street which thankfully quieted during a crazy thunderstorm but started up again at about 3 when the rain stopped. Ah well. We got up early and http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-200234.html Hi everybody. Well if you havent realized it yet were doing fine. The hurricane hit the NicaraguaHonduras border which is inhabited by small tribes people so it was probably the best place to hit in terms of population size. The islands were clear out of the way by the time we made it to the brewery go figure but it was great there anyway. The first day we went to the falls which was so http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-199697.html I thought I already had posted about my trip to Tela...but it's gone....the magic of computers I guess. So here's try number twoTela is a small city on the North Coast of Honduras about 5 hours from Copan Ruinas. I went with Nicole a student I met at Escuela Ixbalanque a Spanish School in Copan. We were both eager to get out of tiny Copan for a weekend of FUN IN THE SUN.We spent our first http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-193443.html This is Grant making a quick update. We left Leon and as planned made it through Honduras to El Salvador for the night. We stayed in a nice place on Playa El Zonte where Erika spent a week last summer. The waves were huge but Matt went boogie boarding anyway. We then moved on to Antigua where we got set up for Lanas arrival by plane in Guatemala City. I got to almost meet the judge as the http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-140077.html DAY ONE So Fred finally arrived. I bused to San Pedro to meet his flight. We stayed one nite there where we went to the casinos and tried our hand at Carribean stud which consisted of the house winning a lot and us even after figuring this out losing a lot. DAY TWO We bused back to Comayagua the next day. We arrived and everyone was at the compound before the Chirstmas pagent so Fred was ab http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-112946.html Hello everybody. Irsquove moved north a country. I'm now in Honduras which I'm cruising through very quickly. My last entry was made in Managua. From there I went up to Len. I stayed four nights not really doing a whole lot. I saw some really good live music and a few movies in the theatre. It costs about 1.50 to see a movie and if yoursquore hanging around Len during the day itrsquos http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-59149.html Wie der Titel schon verspricht ist dieser Blog voll von Abenteuern Krokodile Riesenwuergeschlangen und grosse schwarze Eichhoernchenverwandte haben hier in Honduras bereits unseren Weg gekreuzt.Aber erst mal werde ich euch ein bisschen hinhalten und von unserer eigentlich ebenso aufregenden Reise berichtenDer schnellste Grenzuebergang der WeltDer Grenzuebergang war nicht in dem Sinne wild abe http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-57728.html Eli moi ei taas oo pahemmin tullut kirjoiteltua kuulumisia tanne. Mutta joo eteenpain vielakin porskutetaan viime kerrasta on tullut kaytya lapi Bay Islands seka Roatan etta Utila. Eli viimeiset paivat on ollut aika lailla pelkastaan rannalla lohoilya uimista ja vahan snorkkeloimista siina valissa. Saarien koralliriutta on osa toiseksi suurinta riuttaa maailmassa joka alkaa Belizesta. Saaril http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-46059.html Joo nyt on varmaankin aika taas kirjoitella jotain ettei kaikki ihan taysin unohda etta meikalainen on taalla viela. Joo nyt olinpaikka on Honduras ja Telan rantakaupunki jossa voisi hyvinkin viettaa pitemmankin aikaa mukavan rauhallista vaikka onkin kohtalaisen iso paikka.Viime viikko kului Lago de Atitlanilla San Pedrosta muutin Panajacheliin jarven toiselle puolelle Lanquinissa tapaaman r http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-44134.html moi nyt hondurasissa paremmalla ajalla. http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-44072.html After a night in strange Omoa we decided to sleep one more night on the lovely caribbean coast of Honduras before reaching Utila one of the Bay Islands. Tela didn't turn out to be as caribbean as we would have hoped it to be but another wild chaotic small honduran town. As the german hippie in Omoa had told us this country is wild and we could clearly sense the difference from indigenous http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-28068.html Spent my 30th Bday touring Myan ruins in Copan... then laying on the beach withsand bday cake thanks Coco... then river rafting outside of La Ceiba.Not bad30th BDay Pics http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-14960.html One dark unblinking eye stares out at me with a cold look of appraisal that reminds me of its reptilian ancestry. With a movement of its head it shakes the serpent hanging limp from its beak perhaps to make sure that the snake is in fact dead. For a moment the bird grows in my mindrsquos eye to engulf me that cold staring eye sucking me in hypnotizing me. The shake of its head seems de http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-8615.html Say WhatThe Garifuna People Warm Friendly and Impossible to UnderstandWhen the bus driver told us that this was the stop for Tela we piled out of the bus into what seemed like a little bus stop on the side of the highway in the middle of nowhere. If this happens to you follow the sign that says Tela with a bunch of hotel names underneath it. It's definitely a walkable distance if you hate ta http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Tela/blog-7066.html