La Ensenada Tela

... Tela. We had a really nice stroke of luck by meeting a very friendly and kind Canadian man named Fred who let us stay with him while there. Also a traveler, he was a pleasure to talk to since he always had such interesting stories to share. His house was a really sweet place on a hill and we liked spending time there with Fred just talking. We visited some lovely beaches in the area and went kayaking in the mangroves in Punto ...

Iīm back on the Caribbean coast and of course itīs raining. Didnīt rain in Nicaragua or El Salvador. Been raining all the way across Honduras today. Itīs like a flood plain out there. They donīt have drains. There are filthy puddles everywhere while we wait for gravity to take its course. The Mayan ruins at Copan were fabulous. Not as gobsmacking as some ...

... people. Claire: On Sunday we got ourselves ready to leave Utila so didnt really get up to much. Monday morning we were on the ferry at 6:20am and thankfully the crossing was a lot smoother than the first time round. Aha Michael Jackson's jut come on in the internet cafe we're in. So we left the Iguana Station 2 weeks earlier than planned. It was a really fun and interesting experience but we were itching to get on with our travels and had ...

... he was released and told us that he has several days of treatment and rest ahead. We are unbelievably thankful that Reese did not get more bites. we have been told that when it comes to kids the care is better.....hmmmmm......not sure. In hindsight we remembered hearing that Albert was just learning to drive a standard....poor guy....Gord could have driven... that was our intro to the beautiful town of Tela.....

... there for a while. We then went into San Pedro Sula, a much bigger city, about 45 minutes from Puerto Cortes. There was a fair going on there, so went in and had dinner and rode some of the rides. We just returned from San pedro about an hour ago. We need to get to bed though, because we hope to catch a 6 am bus to start us on our way to Utila, the second carribean island of our trip. Hey everybody! Sr. Olson here. I don't have a ton more to add ...

... of it for the 8/10 people who is trying to change you some money on illegal basis, after we exchange our last queztals into lempiras we walked to the office for put the entrance stamp in our passports and to follow walking into Honduras with no one who bothers us, we keep walking for about 500meters and then we wait for a bus with a seat for yourself (I though that Honduras was one cheek of Central America ...

... and from there started walking north toward the tiny, thatched-roof hut style village of Miami. About half way a big truck finally passed by, and we hopped in the back with a house load of furniture and five or six Garífuna dudes holding on over the bumps and ducking under passing palms. One seemed to have all the hook-ups in the community (only about 100 people live out there, with no electricity or running water to speak of), so he led us ...

... an ethnic group of Honduran black people that sold delicious snacks to people lying on the beach. We bought coconut bread. For lunch we met back up with Annakah and went to the resort "Tela Mar". It was way over priced but it was beachfront, quiet, and pretty good. Tela Mar is supposed to be one of the best beaches in Honduras, aside from the Bay Islands. Some of our friends thought that it was horrible, but that is because they ...

... 2 dive the next day, we did a couple of skills but it was mostly swimming which was really what i wanted to dive for! so that night we all went for a meal and then out to a bar or 2, everyone except caroline she was poorly! so me and drew had a lads night out, good fun. the next day was christmas eve and i was tired and caroline was ill and we mostly did nothing so that was good, a very sucessful day. then while walking around in some kind of daze i bumped in to micheal and ...