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Utila Slideshow
Utila
Travel Blogs from Utila, Honduras
No more transport, por favor
Yet again, more transport today, although with a bitta luck this'll be the end of it for a while. First leg was a bus from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba, which is the port town. One bus actually turned into three as this company's terminal was a fair whack ...
I like turtles
A cruisy morning... some breaky, a bit of hammock work, a siesta. Around midday it was time to get wet. Today's dive sites were Silver Gardens and Sturge's Bank. The first one was awesome... it felt like we were cruising around a small mountain range ...
Utila, Honduras
... , changing bus in San Pedro, and finally after reaching La Ceiba grabbing the local boat for a rough wavy trip, I arrived on Utila! This island is definitely bigger than the Caye Caulker, but I can't really tell it's a big island either. Exhausted, I ...
I am 'The Little Mermaid'!! But with Scuba gear
Up early once again to catch the 5 am bus to La Cieba, for the 9 am boat to the Bay Islands. I was excited to go out there, mostly because it meant I could meet more people and get away from the Swiss girls. I mean they were really nice, but since they ...
Scuba Tastic
On this, the smallest of the Honduran Bay Islands, we really do feel a long way from home. Once more we can play and swim in the amazingly clear waters of the Caribbean. Its all about the water here, scuba diving schools, boat trips, Whale Shark ...
Scuba Diving.
... and I plan to do some diving on the West Coast when we return. Next up for us is Belize. We will probably get there on monday. I will be sad to leave Utila. It's a nice little island, and the people here are really friendly, and the diving is ...
Pacific to Caribbean in a day
... Control Agreement (CA-4) We travelled through the western highlands, which I mostly slept through, but initial impressions were that Honduras definitely seems poorer than Guatemala, but is lush, green and beautiful. When we got to San Pedro Sula ...
Lest we forget
It is a sad day as my trusty companion has parted and gone on his own journey. I will miss you Ricoh R1V. May we have a minutes silence for my camera......(1 minute)...... he alone has brought you all the wonderful photos. Memories are made of you buddy, ...
Cross Creek Dive School
... deals in Utila which I'm going to ake a few minutes to write about whilst I have time on the internet. I wil round up Utila on Sunday or Monday. The guidebook's first guideline for scuba diving is to speak to your instructor before signing up. I just ...
Week 12 -13 Lake Atitlan (Guate) to Utila (Hondur)
... with brekkie tomorrow...or maybe that’s not too good an idea just before a 1 hour boat ride to the Island of Utila. Oct 31 - Utila (Honduras) Early'ish rise for the 9.30 ferry to Utila. Taxi took 10 minutes and cost $2.50. The ferry itself was ...
Back off eel!
This place is a diving machine! It's dive shop after dive shop, most with their own jetty and boats a couple of metres away, each has its own living space to accommodate the masses, all anyone talks about is diving and you can't go to a restaurant ...
PADI Open Water Scuba Diver
Well, as I explained, I signed up for the basic beginners Scuba Diving Course - PADI Open Water. This taught me how to use the basic equipment, how to maintain safety, how to descend, move, breath, and ascend safely, and how to plan a dive. It's quite ...
The Cayes of Utila
... and it was crazy. Everyone was dancing to the reg-a-tón music and the dance floor was just pulsating... but I got sleepy and just couldn't really appreciate it. Plus we needed to get to bed in order to catch the 6:30 am ferry back to main land ...
Utila aka Habitat for Mosquitos and Sand Flies!
Scratch, itch, scratch SLAP!........... After a 1 1/2 hour boat ride from La Ceiba, I arrived on Utila island which is one of a group of what is called the Bay Islands on the carribean coast. The islands are famous for their scuba diving (one of the ...
kiteboarding and scuba diving
Lindsey already put an entry for here, but that was a couple of days ago. we leave utila tomorrow. it has been pretty cool. there is a bar here called the jade seahorse which has a garden decorated in gaudi-esque fashion. i finished my open water diving ...
Feb 03, 2011
Utila
Utila ist eine Insel in der Karibik und eigentlich einfach ein Taucherparadies. Sprich touristisch, aber angenehm, da es einfach junge Backpacker sind, die tauchen... So wie ich halt...;) Ich war fuer eine Woche da und bin prakisch jeden Tag tauchen ...
Bay Islands
... having it's own security guards with shot guns ( any place valuable or with valuable people in it, is protected with a shot gun in Honduras ) . So we were on edge to say the least. When we got to Utila I thought great it's going to be chilled out like ...
Insel der Taucher
... Rundgang ueber die Insel. Wir waren gelinde gesagt geschockt. Im Vergleich zu den paradiesischen Inselchen in Belize, ist Utila in schrecklichem Zustand. Die einzigen Gebaeude, welche in gutem Zustand sind, sind diejenigen der Tauchanbieter und mancher ...
Where's the fire?
I'm revising the footwear policy... unnecessary for local trips (dive shop, bar, general store), necessary for exploratory trips. I was gonna make a move this morning, but due to a mild case of inebriation last night getting the ATM to work proved a bit ...
Utila Day 3
New Years Eve! The whole island seems excited. Up at 630am along with Rob to get on the dive boat. Set up my equipment on the boat and in time we were off. First dive was a wreck dive, a Haliburton cargo ship right off shore. I I could tell the dive ...
Into the Deep
... the sun had set on that day the roots of a mission were firmly entrenched, the Honduran coast beckoned, the island of Utila a siren. Their odyssey would find them in the Caribbean Caye of Pigeon southwest off the island renowned for Captain Henry Morgan ...
Utila Day 5
Up at 9, no big rush for me. Another day with no diving planned. It was pouring buckets in the morning but still warm so I grabbed my umbrella and went for a very long walk around town. Had a little bit to eat as the sun came out then waited for Rob to ...
A great time underwater on Utila
... hour of 5.30 am to catch the early ferry back to La Ceiba and then the 7-hour bus ride down to Tegucigalpa , the capital of Honduras. Planning to spend a day or two checking out "Tegus" , as the locals call it , before I catch a bus onwards to ...
Diving in Utila
My last week in Central America was spent in Honduras, on one of the Bay Islands called Utila. Utila is only a 15 min plane ride off the coast, but it is another world there. Many on the island are ex-pats from USA and UK and although Spanish is the first ...
Utila Day 12
... Iguana research station on the island with Tina and Raquel. They have several types of iguana which can only be found here on Utila. Had some excellent spicy nachos, took a siesta then visited a couple bars with Tina and Raquel in the evening but despite ...
Learning to Scuba Dive on Utila
... what I'm up to. As I said, I will do a fuller one early next week. I'm on the Carribean Island of Utila at the moment, off the north coast of Honduras (it's technically part of Honduras). I'm having a lot of fun learning to Scuba Dive. By the end of ...
Utila Day 13
Went to the private beach, paid $3 and snorkeled for a couple hours off the shore there. The clarity was excellent but I was not able to spot too many creatures today. Saw the biggest barracuda yet but didn't get a good picture, took some pictures and a ...
Honduras and diving in the Bay islands
From BA I caught a flight to Miami where I had an 8hr lay over at 4am, until my flight for San Pedro Sula in Honduras. I finally arrived in Central America and my first taste was walking out of the airport in to sweltering 35 degree heat, I was ready to ...