Blogs from Bay Islands, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 54

Four days on Jewel Key turned into a week, and still I'm finding it hard to pull myself away. There are three restaurants and a couple of general stores. Every house sits on stilts, just above the water. The people rarely wear shoes and speak this sing-song English that's almost impossible to understand. There's a tiny white church and the "knowledge square," where the men sit around and talk the day away. The week was filled with loads of sunshine, ocean breezes, baleadas for breakfast and fish burgers for lunch, plenty of Salva Vida and some of the best people I've met on this trip. And then there was the diving - I'm officially PADI certified! I wouldn't have done it any other way. The diving went smoothly and was absolutely gorgeous, after a minor near-death ... read more

Hei! Pa mandagen den 14 ankom vi Utila som är en del av Bay Islands och efter att nu ha varit där en vecka sa kände vi att det var dags att resa vidare. Utila är en interressant ö och blev en stor omvändning ifran resten av central amerika. Dels för att man kan göra sig förstadd med engelska, pa Utila pratar man Carribian som är en konstig blandning av engelska och spanska och dels för att livstilen pa ön haller sa kallad karribisk standard, dvs. väldigt laid-back och service far du leta länge efter. Grabbarna var bland annat tvungna att vänta 3 timmar i banken för att kunna ta ut pengar. Men saker gar ocksa langsamt nu pga paskveckan som är bland dom största högtiderna i central amerika, detta innebär en massa lokala turister som ... read more

Tiden var kommet for aa forflytte oss til neste eventyr og vi la kursen for Utila, Bay Islands. En snodig liten oey en times baattur utenfor kysten av Honduras. Her er det en litt spesiell miks av sorte og hvite om hverandre. Den lille oeyen har vaert under inflytelse av de britiske innflytterne, noe som har foert til at alle snakker Caribean. En form for engelsk som faar Aal i Hallingdal til aa hoeres ut som bokmaal. Fasinerende aa hoere de lokale snakke sammen, man forstaar en setning mens den neste er helt uforstaaelig. Atmosfaeren og tempoet tilsier ogsaa at vi er i karibien. Utbrenthet er garantert et ukjent fenomen. Vi var innom det lokale reisebyraaet en tur, det var paa stoerrelse med et vanlig soverom der papiret floet og det eneste moderne hjelpemiddelet var en ... read more

Well I passed my scuba course, and I have to admit...scuba diving is a ton of fun!! It is totally like being in an aquarium, 10 times better then snorkling. That is basically all I have been doing since I got here...8 hours a day. Today I saw a turtle. I have a new perspecitive on them now; under the water they are so gracefull, they're just chilling, not like their buddies on the land! Christmas was fun, since the island is mostly tourist everyone just partied really hard here, I think I went to every single bar on the island (it is a tiny island). Stayed up way to late, had to wake up way to early, went scuba diving, and then went back to my shack for a nap (around 4) and didnt wake ... read more

So I left the beautiful islands of Majagual, and hoped on a bus to Granada. I stayed at a really fun hostel and met a group of people that where all going to the lake islands of Ometephe, Nicaragua the next morning. So I explored the city, and then hit the bars/clubs that night. For some reason I still cannot dance in the Latin style….so I revert to my hip hop roots…which might look funny to everyone else since they are doing the salsa or whatever…but I’m having fun so who cares. Granada was a really nice city, and I probably should have hung around longer, but I have heard so much about Ometephe, I figured I’d keep on moving So the next morning I hop on a bus to the ferry with 3 other people ... read more