Hotel on stilts in the bay

Officially a PADI-certified open-water diver

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June 30th 2006
I finished my class and got my dive certification yesterday. It was great. For the last three days straight, I have been doing dives in open water, meaning actual dives out on the reef on the open ocean. I have been doing two dives a day, and I have seen a ton of incredible stuff, including a sea turtle and an eagle ray. I have been taking to the whole thing pretty easily, and the dives have just ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila

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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