La Quinta Hotel La Ceiba

... back down the rapids to the lodge. Its great fun but I’m a wuss and get scared on the biggest ledge and one of the guides has to kick me off to get me to jump. The rapids are tame as the river is low but its still a laugh. We then try another canopy zipline which is better than the one in Roatan and between ziplines get a guided tour of the jungle and which plants people can eat, drink or get high from . Myk is ...

We spent our last night in Utila saying out goodbyes and taking some pictures. We also managed to do laundry and some planning for Costa Rica. We ate a really good meal at Bundu Cafe and caught an early nap. I think we spent the right amount of time there but it was still a little sad to leave after making some friends.<br><br>We took the 6am ferry to La Ceiba from Utila and got there in an hour. Our initial plan was to hang out in La Ceiba but we decided to take the earlier bus to San ...

... and we quickly cleared customs with just enough time to make the chicken bus to Belize City. It was a seven-hour trip running almost the full length of the country and we were surprised at how void of people Belize is. For the most part, we passed though open fields or tropical jungles, driving through the odd small town only every hour or so.<br><br><br><br><br> We had planned to stay in Belize City overnight, but we discovered upon arriving we could ...

... in the hammock most the afternoon. Life&#8217;s rough. <br><br>After dinner we headed into La Ceiba to watch the big Honduras vs El Salvador game. If Honduras won this game, they still had a shot at the World Cup, if not they were out. We went to a place with the metal gate and buzzer deal to enter to watch the game. Honduras won and the streets went crazy!! Everyone was driving slowly through the streets, honking the horns with people sitting on the hoods, roofs and trunks ...

... that sometimes the immigration office at Big Creek gets the job done in a few minutes and sometimes they like to take their sweet time and that although the boat ride takes 2 hours, the wait at immigration could be hours. We departed pretty much on time and made our way to Big Creek about 15 minutes away. The captain gave the passenger list to officials and we were told to wait on the boat. And wait...and wait ...

Leaving Henry I continued on to the city of Le Ceiba where I was to catch a ferry over to the island of Utila. I arrived at the dock at 10am to be informed that I had just missed the 9:30am ferry and that the next one wouldn't be until 4pm. Now this ticket box was just an open air patio with a roof. Not wanting to spend money to taxi back into town I decided to hang around for 6 long boring hours! When the boat finally arrived it started to rain as the ...

... round the small park built by Standard Fruit, the first company to start growing and exporting bananas in Honduras giving it the title of the original Banana Republic. Theres a few bits of the old train they used to use there and a stange brass rhino??? I got my hair cut in another backstreet barbers, check out the photo of the bosseyed geeza and his mate who thought it was the best thing ever that we had come in. He did a fine job though.

... supporting the orphanage. Maidelyn in particular did an incredible amount of work, beyond all expectation, in shopping for supplies for me to take to the 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, shrimp and a succulent garlic lobster tail. She even created a drink with clam juice ...

... also she told them that the purchases were going towards an orphanage and that always stretched the money further. Walking out of the butcher shop, our hands were full once again. Jeff caught up to us and helped with the goods while Maidelyn made some more purchases at some of the vegetable stalls in the market place in front of us. And then we piled ourselves, and the last of the food, into the car. The car was packed. The trunk was completely full and there was random grocery ...

... The cost for a combo was 83 Lempira which is pretty much what you pay in Canada (100Lmp is 7CAD). However, the average salary in La Ceiba is 185$US/mo, so that would actaully be a pretty expensive meal if you make so little. Our tour pretty much just drove us around and we looked out the window at the streets. No landmarks or anything like that really because half the town burned down a few ...