Blogs from Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras, Central America Caribbean

Still flying high from the night dive. Loved everything about it! We slept like absolute babies last night. Sooo tired from 4 dives in one day. Whew. It's really a workout. Mike said that supposedly you burn 2000 calories on an average 45 minute dive. Maybe that's why I need to eat so much of the delicious food they're serving here..... Just us gang 'o silly kids at breakfast. It's so much fun. Mike was telling us how there are groups who come & rent the entire resort out so they can have it all to themselves. We just lucked into it & are enjoying every second of it. Lucky us! (It's kinda like our bus luck. We have the best bus luck. Almost without fail we will arrive at the bus station or transfer station ... read more

It is so peaceful here. Listening to the waves break at the shore from our room is really really nice. Breakfast was delicious: scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, beans, tortillas, good coffee. They make everything here from scratch. The bread, the juice, yummy! It's fun to sit at a big table with everyone too. It definitely creates conversation & makes it fun. This morning we waited for one of their boats to arrive from La Ceiba carrying their Dive Master & Instructor. They arrived & we got out on the boat to dive with them. Their names are Mike & Will & they are both British & super fun. Our dive this morning was at "Lionshead." It was beautiful. It is amazing what a difference it makes to dive in an area that is protected. It is ... read more

Amazing! Absolutely amazing! As we pulled up to the tiny island, Chelsea looked over the side of the boat and said, "The travel book was right. The water is an impossible turqouise." Five of us teachers from Mayatan had just arrived at Cayos Cochinos, a group of small (and TINY) islands about an hour's boat ride from the northern coast of Honduras. After our first two weeks of classes we were celebrating with a 4 day weekend! Our trip to the Cayos was half of the adventure. 12 hours traveling in total. 3 buses (the first one getting a flat tire 20 minutes from San Pedro Sula), 1 back of a pick-up ride, and a flatboat ride to our mini-vacation island. It was interesting to be a "tourist backpacker" in a non-touristy place after living in ... read more