Whale Shark Watch

This was a boat nearby ours, scouting out a whale shark. You can usually spot a whale shark by first spotting the ´boil´--where birds are flying around and tuna are jmping all over eating the small fish that eat the plume of plankton. Whale sharks also eat the plankton and are often found in these ´boils.´ We were in the midst of the boil (tuna were jumping up everywhere) but no whale shark was spotted.

Birthdays and Bliss in the Bay Islands

April 13th 2009
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 ... read more

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Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a ha... ... read more

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