http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Honduras , Bay Islands , Utila en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 08:12:59 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 08:12:59 +0000 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-442782.html 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 h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-438503.html Utila in the Bay Islands Honduras is one of the 10 best scuba diving destinations according to OpenTravel site. Other places include Australia Mexico Indonesia Belize Micronesia Vanuatu Egypt Thailand and Maldives.If hours under the water watching wild and abundant marine life is your type of thing these are some of the worldrsquos most spectacular dive destinations. Probably you ha http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-420470.html We haven't done much worth writing about for the past couple of weeks. We're still on Utila and have moved houses from one in the little town to a nicer villa on the South beach for a week. There's snorkeling out our back door and blessed air conditioning. It's a mini vacation from our vacation. We have been diving about once a week usually on Mondays and this is where I must add a recommendati http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-411266.html So from one Caribbean Coast to another off to the Bay Islands in Honduras I go.Our arrival in Puerto Cortes Honduras was not without it's dramas. We arrived on the water ferry from Placencia to be 'detained' due to Swine Flu check ups. Yep Michael Jackson masks and all We had to sit on the boat until a Doctor rocked up and gave us the all clear by not physically examining us just asking http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-410282.html Local legend as well as an enterprising entrepreneur or two says that the island of Utila is the place of the fabled Robinson Crusoe who shipwrecked on a tripical island met a man he called Friday and lived for 24 years marooned and seeking rescue. There is even a billboard or two offering Robinson Crusoe tours of the island showing where he supposedly stayed etc. based on the description http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-405923.html Utila is a quiet little island just off the carribean coast of Honduras. It is perfect if you are looking for that undiscovered place that is so cool and off the beaten path before the tourist industry takes control and destroys its charm. Part of what keeps the island so peaceful is the relative difficulty of getting here. It's not an easy packaged travel plan and requires some real intent but http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-404711.html WHY WOULD I WANNA GO HOME...IF I CAN STAY HEREI 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 itTime is flying here and I can not imagine myself going home now...it is just toooooo soonWe ar http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-404039.html Greetings All Internet services are finally being restored on the island to the point I can post again. The 7.1 Temblor hit about 230 in the morning three nights ago and shook us all awake yes we were actually in bed by 300. There is a window right by our bed and the 500 gallon watertank sits on a 10 foot high platform about fifteen feet from the house. Lights from the neighbors make it vi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-403685.html Shake did the earth the night before last when a 7.3 earthquake struck about 100 miles from here.Rattle do my lungs filled with mucus. Swine flu Shut your mouth.Roll do I about town on my purple Bacini with squeaky breaks bought for 1000 lemps or about 54US.I've been in Utila for 5 days now and it's been quite an adventure so far. Things have not gone as planned to say the least.When my http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-403365.html Welcome once again to our summer travel blog. If you'd like to read about last year's trip to Thailand you can find that here Thailand . This year we are venturing through Central America and spending much of our time on the bay island of Utila though there are sojourns planned to Belize Roatan and possibly some ruins on the mainland. Utila is a small island about 5 miles long and 2 miles http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-402892.html I left Antigua for Honduras where I met up with my mom sister Susan Mary and Hayden. We arrived in Copan Ruinas very near the Guatemalan border. This is a nice town tucked into a valley surrounded by mountains. Copan is also the site of the southernmost large Mayan city. This ruin site like all the others had its own unique features to offer that other sites may not have had. Copan http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-401725.html gearing up in equipment that seems so unnaturally foreign with tubes supporting my breath that strongly resemble a hospitals apparatus.meditating on the sound of my inhale that is amplified and rooted from deep within my aqua lungs.bubbles escape through each exhale of survival.equalizing the pressure in my ears to convince my body that sixty feet below sea level is where i am supposed to be.fal http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-399249.html Ik ben zojuist m'n hier geschreven tekst kwijtgeraakt dus ik ga het kort maken...Rio Dulce was mooi met al z'n vissen en schilpadden die onder ons huisje woonden verder was vooral de bootrit van rio Dulce naar Livingston prachtig met de vogels die het bootje begeleiden...Livingston zelf is een typisch Caraibisch dorpje waar vooral Engels gesproken wordt overal Reggae veel rastafaris... echt ee http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-395277.html they are the biggest fish in the world...measuring up to 40 60 ft. Spent semana santa Easter Week on the island of Utila in search of the ever elusive and shy whale shark...but never saw one. Stayed on Pigeon Cay island a short distance off the coast of Utila...dove every day...chatted with interesting characters...and ate the local cuisine. Captain Morgans provided a great small dive b http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-394205.html I'm a writer and a writing teacher and I'm heading to Utila in 36 days to do a divemaster internship with Utila Dive Center and then to do my IDC from July 822. Whoa. What a big step. Right now I'm a rescue diver with a little over 100 dives and almost all have been in the Caribbean except for a few in southcentral Alaska this March.I'm currently living in Fairbanks Alaska and while I' http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-392492.html After hitching a ride to the Honduras border from El Salvador it took a few hours for another vehicle to come through going our way. Finally a nice pickup pulled up and the customs officials arranged for us to drive with them to the next big city about 3 hours away. Once we were in the truck we noticed a suspicious amount of guns. Not only were all four men toting pistols but one of them stood http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-390102.html So Richtig schoe usgruebet simmer am Morge am 6gsi us am Huus. 1 Shuttle 1 Minivan 2 Chickenbus 1 Taxi und ein Car spoeter simmer denn kurz vor Sunnauntergang z'Gracias Honduras akoh. Hell yeah. Jetzt kunnt no s'Bescht do hets kon Bankomat und mer hoend a da Grenza nu a paar Lempiras gwechslet. Toll ohni Kohle gits ko Bier. Nei im Ernst mer hoend grad no knapp s'Zimmer z'Nacht essa und mit http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-388320.html We're on yet another caribbean island Utila in Honduras this time full of divers. We met up with Donna's friends Carmo and Jenny and they went diving for a couple of days. I opted for the snorkelling.Quick update Back in Nicaragua... got robbed again in Somoto while we were swimming at the cayon... someone broke into our room and stole Donna's camera and all of her cards. Luckily they took http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-382870.html Well after a lovely time in Antigua the time to leave came again but to where The islands off the coast of Honduras seemed to be calling my name and with them the possibility of seeing a whaleshark. Transit is one of the great kicks of travelling in these crazy little countries and getting where you want is sometimes quite an adventure. I had to break for the night in Copan and the next da http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Utila/blog-378193.html