La Ceiba
Travel Blogs from La Ceiba, Honduras
La Ceiba
3 hours in the van beats the bus anyday. made it to Pastor Alan Skeltons mission retreat, and it is bueatiful. Less than 5 minutes to the beach. This is a tropical paradise. can't wait to move here in July. If only we were living here for more than ...
I hate border crossings
... city with fast food and malls everywhere, not exactly what we were looking for and it rained all day so just headed north to La Ceiba which is where we are now waiting for the ferry to Roatan...sweet. We are going to get certified for diving while ...
still in utila...
Ok guys sorry as usual about the late update... It's not that i have a different excuse i'm just busy (bossy parting but still...). The truth is that i dive 4 to five times a day usually i Leads the boat or assisting in leading it which is a lot of ...
Las Cascadas de La Ceiba
... about how she was in beautiful Costa Rica while I was chasing away pigs on the dark sandy beaches of Southern Honduras. So now Nate and I are finally in La Ceiba. Last night we arrived at Hotel Italia where we got a room that according to the lady who ...
Days 7 - 9
6th to the 8th August - Day 7 through to 9 Now that's what you call a weekend!!! Having completed my rescue diver course I finally started getting out onto the dive sites of Utila. Friday saw my first couple of dives which I can only describe as ...
Andy's 30th on a private Caribbean Island
This entry is a work in progress, photos will be added, additional information will appear as it reappears in my hazy head. In a nutshell I had an amazing day, we set off at 10 for Water Caye which is one of the small privately owned islands around ...
First glimpse of the sea
... here for the night and head off in the morning. The place I'm staying is quite uninspiring although a few other travellers to talk to. La Ceiba itself is not a lot to write home about, but I went for a walk and got my first look at the caribbean!! not so ...
utila
... pris un taxi sans trop de difficulte pour se rendre au terminal dautobus. 4hrs de route plus tard, nous voila rendu a la Ceiba!!! de la, on a du attendre 4hrs pour prendre le Ferrie (petit bateau) nous amenant a utila!! Premiere aventure assez ...
Theres no tan like ROATAN!!!!!
... following day i did F all! on thursday 14th july me n V had had enough of our DEET, baby oil and Vingre applications and headed to la Ceiba. we dumped our bags at a hostle and headed to the Mall, we ate got coffee got super jugos, i bought a new bikini, ...
My Last Day
... orphanage. I don't know how I could have done all that without her help. On Friday night, my last night in La Ceiba and Honduras, Maidelyn made a fantastic farewell meal for me. She knew I loved seafood and so she created a meal that included oysters, ...
Beach on one side, Mountains on the other
Yesterday we finally got to get out of the city for a bit and explore the beautiful mountainside. Now, THIS is why we are here! Just a short 45 min drive up a extremely bumpy dirt road, while riding in the bed of a pickup truck, you begin to ...
Day 16 - 19
15th to the 18th August - Day 16 through to 19 And so the assisting starts, poor students! As part of my DMT I need to assist on two open water courses and one further education (advanced or rescue), acting as a 'role model' and providing logistics and ...
Born to Shop
... also on the Friday. And just like that, all the money was spent and all the supplies were donated in my last week in La Ceiba. A feat that I will have to remember as exhausting but rewarding at the same time. One just can't quantify or describe the joy ...
Nuevo mundo bajo el agua
I´ve hit a new level of ideal here. The island of Utila has become more and more popular over the past 10 years or so as a world class diving area, and for good reason. The reef in this region is the second largest in the world, and although now there ...
La Ceiba
... a suburban garden. after a bizarre customs song and dance at puerto cortes (involving a few trips across town in a pick up), i took a pick up with Todd, a canadian, to San Pedro Sula and on to La Ceiba, where we took the chance to grab a few ...
Murphy's Law
... at the Miami International Airport around 1pm on Tuesday afternoon, so that we could check our bags in for our flight to La Ceiba, Honduras. As we approached the TACA Airlines counter with a year´s worth of anticipation and excitement about our trip, our ...
Welcome to Honduras, ses plages, ses palmiers...
... top le Honduras où tu peux directement payer en dollars (certains ne connaissent même pas le nom de la monnaie locale). Comme je suis à La Ceiba, une ville au bord de la mer, les tenues sont très décontractées. Les jeunes femmes du Honduras (je ...
Roll on the Luxury of Fantasy Island
I've been eaten alive. I was the buffet for every kind of crawlie known to man. I look like I have the pox! I know I'm no celebrity but get me the Fuck out of HERE!!!! Taxi to the ferry and this is bigger than the last one. ...
Hiking around La Ceiba
... re in La Ceiba and you want to do some hiking a good guy to call is Thomas Hinds. Tom was a former Peace Corps volunteer in La Ceiba from 03-05 and he speaks excellent Spanish as well as English. Tom's number is 388-7146. Our second day in La Ceiba ...
Fra fastlandet til Utila - partybyen La Ceiba
... er turist og de tager roeven paa en hvis de kan slippe afsted med det :) Udover vores mindre desillusion over hvor vi befandt os i La Ceiba, saa blaeste det og regnede det ogsaa. Og naar det regner i Honduras saa regner det virkelig meget, saa vi ankom ...
Traffic jam nightmare
... late for our connection in San Pedro Sula, and we ended up on the 4pm bus instead of the 10:30am bus! Rubbish! Arrived in La Ceiba around 8:30pm, which was 3 hours later than we were supposed to get to Roatan! Not impressed that we spent the whole day ...
Week Three at Casa Feliz
I love the routine that I have created for myself here in La Ceiba. Every weekday morning I attend language classes which have been instrumental in bringing my previous Spanish knowledge back to the forefront of my mind. In the afternoons I head over to ...
Need Hotel/Motel close to Roatan Airport
I will be coming from La Ceiba to pick up a flight from Roatan. But need to sleep overnight. Anyone can recommend and inexpensive hotel/motel as close to the Airport as possible, Maybe in Coxen Hole. Thanks. Best to all. ...
Feeling like a crack addict
... to come up with plan B, but no boats were operating and flights were full so we had to accept our fate and spend the night in La Ceiba. A coastal city but very poor. So a few drinks to drown our sorrows, early dinner and early to bed. Our hotel was by ...
Utila
This is the real Caribbean Sea with sting rays, ills, moreas, whale-sharks and crystal clear green ocean. This the island that I`ve made my PADI open water ...
Jun 02, 2010
Argentina anyone?
... $8/night. The supermarket was nearby so we walked over in search of dinner foods but found nothing so we wandered around La Ceiba and found Pizza Hut. We settled on this since it was beginning to get dark and we were hungry. We ordered it ...
Head above water
I'm starting to fantasize about forests. But, for now it's just another day in paradise. My diving days have been on hold for a couple days now after a very eventful morning on Wednesday. I woke up at 6 as usual, and saw that a couple English girls-- ...

