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Crossing to Roatan and Paradise
... of people taking shore excursions on zip lines and chair lifts and horseback riding, etc. We drive all the way to the tip of the Island at West End Bay. The Island looks a bit bedraggled and run down until we are about 5 miles from our destination, at which point everything is lush and green and groomed like a golf course. A 180 degree transformation.
Our hotel is a ...
No money, honey
... regular taxi which will scam you out of money, and leave you in the same position which you are currently reading about).
Apparently, none of the ATMs in Honduras have to put "out of service" signs on the doors, because the one in Coxen Hole is also out of service. The only one who left with money from Coxen Hole was Jilly. (note to future travellers : if you're planning on taking money out ...
What happens in Hondoodoo stays in Hondoodoo
... got their own massages and I used the Internet while I waited. Poor Will was up all the previous night writing a paper so he took many short naps throughout the day in Denia’s oceanview hammock. Denia took us to a place right on the beach called Marlyn’s, just next door to her house. We had calamari, a really nice burger & fries, brownies & a key lime pie. It was a pretty late lunch. We finished at 5 pm.
We relaxed for a bit after that, ...
Learning to breathe underwater!
... made us very spoilt!
The feeling of being underwater for an hour at a time is incredible and getting up close and personal with all the fishies and beautiful coral. After completing our Open Water Dive course and our two free dives, we sat on the balcony of the dive school bar overlooking the ocean with a beer in hand and declared that we were hooked! So we decided that as Utila is the ...
Key Lime Pie and Salva Vida's
... clothes in the ocean, toddlers bathed in metal barrels, the homes were simple made from cinder blocks without glass windows. Most of the town is supported in some way by the resort, so although it was as obvious as the sky is blue that we were tourists, the locals were very friendly in directing us to the yellow house on stilts with lime trees around back. We were greeted by Dolcia Conner. Dolcia, ...

