Blogs from La Ceiba, Northern, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 3

La Ceiba Friday 13th August It’s another 6 a.m. start and a long day’s travelling ahead as we head towards La Ceiba in Honduras. The first stage is a boat we’ve hired to take us from Livingston to Puerto Barrios. Gemma seems worried that we may get delayed somewhere along the way and is immediately concerned when the first thing our driver does is divert to get fuel. There’s one more stop to pick up another passenger with this morning’s catch and then our boat is speeding towards Puerto Barrios. Everything is running smoothly as at Puerto Barrios a minibus is waiting to take us to Honduras. We reach the border between Guatemala and Honduras within 40 minutes and again there are no real delays in getting across. There does seem to be an unusually large ... read more

Today I got to see the sun! (For more than 5 minutes at a time.) And realized the hotel is not a Stephen King novel where everyone has been enveloped into the mist. I developed a routine based on the Honduran weather…sun=pool, hazy=hike, rain=read or workout. Nothing occurs for any set amount of time. All are completely contingent upon the weather. I still have yet to use much Spanish, as most of the staff here speaks English. Today I told the housekeeping woman “no gracias” when I think she asked me if I needed more towels. I do not. However I will need toilet paper soon and that is not a word I practiced in Spanish. I will perhaps try, “papier pour el bano”. And I hope that no hand gestures will be involved. The bartender ... read more

I arrived safely at Villas Pico Bonito and am covered in a thick layer of DEET. Something completely bizarre just made a sound in the crook of my roof, or is maybe just ON the roof. Could’ve been a bird. Or maybe a small monkey. Or maybe a giant cicada. All quite entertaining and awesome. Especially after sitting next to a Honduran witch doctor on the flight here. He can cure AIDS. And traveled with Michael Jackson for most of 2004. He invited me to his “wellness center”. With the Cangrejal river roaring by, I will try to get some sleep although I would be much more relaxed with more reliable interenet access. I'll post some photos tomorrow once I'm settled in. ... read more

La Ceiba 26./27.02.2010 Ich habe mich irgendwann von meiner Erkältung erholt und konnte meine 2 im Rescue Paket enthaltenen Fun Dives machen... Der 11. war ein Wrack auf 30 m Tiefe. Ich konnte diesen Tauchgang problemlos absolvieren und genießen... und den folgenden auch. Deshalb habe ich am folgenden Tag noch 2 Fun Dives gemacht... auch schöne Tauchgänge, nur dass mein Buddy nicht wirklich mein Buddy dafür aber eine riesige Pfeife war... rauf, runter, Korallen kicken, einem in die Quere schwimmen weil er einfach zu beschäftigt war mit Fotos schießen und deshalb scheinbar unfähig auf seine Umgebung Rücksicht zu nehmen... wie dem auch sei, am Freitag morgen nahm ich in aller Herrgottsfrühe die Fähre nach La Ceiba. Martin der als Instruktor beim Rescue Kurs assistiert hat, war auch dabei. Nach der sehr ruhigen Überfahrt (am Tage zuvor ... read more

After a restless sleep we all woke up, grabbed our bags and headed to the dock with barely time to brush teeth. It ended up being quite the ride though, as we boated along the coast seeing awesome scenery. At one point dolphins were swimming beside us and the weather is finally hot again. We got to the border and from there took a bus through Honduras. Before I discuss that though, the town of Livingstone in Guatamala needs a bit of history. It Is a completely different culture than the rest of the country, having a black carribean population. They are very friendly and the seafood is the cheapest meals (yes!). We went to a local diner and ordered random seafood. Matt and Alyse got the supreme meals of seafood soup. It had snails, a full ... read more