Blogs from Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Na Rosco op de taxi te hebben gezet is het solo-deel van mijn reis begonnen. Na een poosje in Guatemala te hebben rondgestapt met mijn zo-goed-als-niet-bestaande-Spaans op naar Honduras. Van medereizigers al allemaal adviezen gekregen over waar ik het beste naartoe kon om te duiken. Mexico was een hele goede optie, maar na alle verhalan aangehoord te hebben op de bus gestapt naar Utila, Honduras. Om de keuze nog een keer bevestigd te krijgen kom ik in Hopkins,Belize een duikinstructrice tegen uit Mexico die mij Utila nogmaals van harte aanraadt en meteen een duikschool aanbeveelt. Hopkins is een schattig dorpje in Belize met de laagste criminaliteitscijfers. En een prima strand aan de Carribean. Dus een dagje blijven hangen om te windsurfen en te chillen. De Funky Dodo blijkt een prima plekje te zijn om mede-backpackers te ... read more

Despite some cloudy and windy weather, we were able to get on the morning dive boat, heading to the south side of the island. Our first dive site was Diamond Caye. This dive began with a descent to a sandy bottom where we were greeted by a friendly angel fish with a dog's personality. When we put our hand out to it, it swam right up to us. We moved along to some beautiful coral formations that seem to be unique to Utila. You swim through channels of coral with sponges, sea fans and all sorts of plants swaying gently in the current. Small reef fish dart around looking for food or avoiding becoming food. A patient diver will be rewarded with sightings of juvenile fish, tiny hermit crabs, sea snails and perhaps an eel. One ... read more

Keeping in theme with the Honduran way of doing things, we arrived at Deep Blue Divers at 7:00am for our 7:30 boat that left at 9:00. The original plan to dive on the north side of the island before stopping at Water Caye for a picnic lunch was somewhat altered, but it turned out to be a great day. Our first dive was a beautiful wall reef with lots of great coral formations. I was surprised by the lack of fish we saw, but the huge brain coral and aquatic plants made up for it. The theme of the day was definitely “Mishaps with Dive Equipment”. My tank nearly fell off twice, John broke his mask, John couldn’t take pictures with his camera, I couldn’t read my gauge and thought I was running out of air…need ... read more

One morning we were eating breakfast at a small local restaurant, Dan had just finished eating and was standing up when two geckos fell from the ceiling right on his plate. I was still sitting down and eeeked out a little screech. The geckos were stunned and it took them a minute to slither off. They were either mating or wrestling ;) because they have always been quite sure footed when I have observed them on ceilings. That being said, I can not help but check the ceiling when I eat now to make sure that there aren't any right above me. Another interesting thing that was discussed was the fact that the power went off for about a half an hour on both of the Tuesday nights that we were on the island. Rumor has ... read more

I know I have missed blogging about several places but I simply can not bare to start where I left off so I will go back to Monday January 7th. On this day we arrived in La Ceba Honduras by bus. We stuffed 5 of us plus the driver in the taxi cab which was headed to the port to catch a boat to Utila. We had about an hour before we needed to leave so we got some breakfast at a nearby restaurant. As it rained sideways into the tiny restaurant we joked about what a rough boat ride it was going to be. I knew in my heart that the boat ride would probably be extremely unpleasant for me but my brain refused to except the wisdom of my heart. Dan played his guitar ... read more