Arenas Beach Hotel Big Corn Island

... are very laid back and carribbean. They speak a mixture of English, Spanish and Creole making them very difficult to understand and they nearly all had some friendly advice for Sinead to help with her leg. Diving and snorkelling are the main activities so we waited a couple of days for Sineads leg to recover a bit and went snorkelling off little corn. It went really well despite the sunburn and losing the propellor of our ...

... didn't have a reservation, so had to wait to buy a ticket until about 6:20 (the flight was at 6:30 Nicaragua time, which means 7:00). Luckily I was able to get on the flight, and I met a couple of Swedish guys and an American couple. By this point, I was down to a grand total of $8, which was very scary. I was also getting pretty hungry! Thank God for the crackers and coffee I got on the plane Arrived on Big Corn Island, and took a taxi with the ...

Talor: Ummm... oops, we're still here. We tried to leave, really! Had our return reservations set, and were getting ready to go, but then Cordell, Kevin and company decided to send us off in style with a BBQ party at Cordell's. It was supposed to be a farewell that turned into another, "Why don't you stay a ...

... Corn... everyone knows Ike and Ike knows everyone and everything. Born and raised here, he can tell you where to go for a haircut, who has the best cocobread or who can sew a ripped backpack. And the man can dance! He took us out on a night on the town... live music at Anastasia's then dancing at Nico's, a local joint on the beach... on a Sunday night. We had a blast! Sundays are big here. Everyone goes to the softball ...

... and hotels, with handy brochure/maps of the tiny island. There are no roads on the island, so we took a wander over to the far side (20 minutes away), to check out the beach bungalows on offer there. In the end, they were a bit too rustic for us (though quite welcoming to all the mosquitos and sand flies), so we headed back to the main side of the island and checked into the nice Delfines hotel. We negotiated a good, off-season deal on the price ...

... cafes opened to get our fix. The biggest bonus of Ike's Place, though, is Ike Siu himself. He is one of the nicest, most generous hosts we've met in our travels. Nothing is too much trouble for him, and he knows everything about the island. He's also very well respected on the island, and throwing his name around can open doors sometimes. Unfortunately, the one thing that Ike couldn't hook us up with was a steady supply of electricity and water. They were changing over ...

... string of bamboo thatch huts (and some wood here and there to hold it all together). Three different owners shared the picture perfect location, and unfortunately the one we were told about (Carlito´s) was booked solid. So, we stayed at Elsa´s, which at a glance didn´t really seem much different. Its kind of like a hostel, but without an actual structure. A bunch of individual huts, a cantina for ordering beverages or food of the day, and some hammocks, thatch ...

... tourist trail. Accomodation is basic, Little Corn doesn´t have a single road on it, and both islands are like little pockets of untouched paradise. The population is an interesting mixture of Garifuna (of mixed Amerindian and African descent) and Miskito Indians. Their Caribbean life style is as laid back as we´d experienced in Belize. To top it all off, the islands consist of lush tropical jungle inland, surrounded by white sandy beaches and tall coconut trees. The ...

... that everything is going great in your world and I'm excited to get back and catch up. Just as a reminder Danny and I are still putting up post port videos on my youtube page (youtube.com/ericg47) so check those out. Keep sending e-mails, messages, and comments I love to read them and know that people are actually reading this or watching the videos. I should have enough time to update after Guatemala so until then. Adios, Eric Gardner egardner1@gmail.com