Laguna Beach Resort Utila

... Nearby Utila island are a cluster of much smaller islands that were the original settlement for the area. I spent a night on tiny Pigeon Caye, the only public island available to visitors. There was no one at the hotel where I wanted to stay, but the door was open so I just helped myself. The room was amazing because it faced another small island, Diamond Caye, that, according to local lore was used as a base of operations to uncover ...

... work. It was hot hot HOT! We were melting by the time we had walked to the edge of the town. Being tourists, we expected to see signs for the caves and Pumpkin Hill, another sight on the island, but this was not the case. Various people along the way would just point randomly up the long road we were walking on saying it wasnt much further. Lynda and I spent abuot 15 mins on the side of the road at a fork waiting for another passer by to shed some light on which ...

... least meeting wonderful, funny and cool people<br><br>For photos please use this link as I've already uploaded them to facebook:<br>http://www.facebook.com/al bum.php?aid=120856&amp;id=536447282&amp ;l=47c2279f95<br><br>So Sunday at 5 am having just had the obligatory 3 hours sleep I with Roland and his friend Roman plus Lizzie headed into San Sal to catch buses, Lizzie to go back to Guatemala and the boys and me to Honduras. We were ...

... but we hire a golf cart for the day (I&#8217;m sworn off scooters) and go off exploring. We take a wrong turn and end up on the airport runway but thankfully there are no planes coming or going. There are no real beaches in Utila bar a small public one and we are disappointed by the snorkeling.<br><br>The nightlife is better , or at least bigger, than Roatan, despite the lack of tourists there are more people around, its got a more laidback atmosphere, is cheaper ...

... a day. Utila, by the way, is a really chilled out, relaxed island. It only has 6000 inhabitants as opposed to its couterpart, Roatan, which has 65,000. Everyone here is basically here to dive. It's like a super-easy going place. <br><br>After this, we're not sure where to head to. There is no ferry to take us directly to Belize so we are sorting through some options at the moment. Check back soon for more info!<br><br>-Leighann<br>

... rough seas.<br><br><br><br> <br> As we disembarked the ferry on Utila, we were accosted by representatives from all of the dive schools on the island, handing out fliers and trying to entice us to their establishment with various offers and deals.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>< br><br><br><br> <br> In the end we chose a place called Alton&#8217;s Dive Centre, mainly because there was a ute that would transport us and our bags (we not only had our ...

... us across the waves before heading back to safety. After a huge piece of fresh BBQ tuna we decide to head back to the mainland. The ferry leaves at 6am the next day in rough seas. 30 minutes in there is an engine problem so we limp back to utila to fix it. Now alot of people have been throwing up on the boat for 40 minutes to end up back where they started. Off we go again and i am happy to see the other side and not be on a boat for a while PLEASE.....

... When we got back to the lodge we jumped off the rocks into the river and I even jumped off the 10 metre one! That's the highest I've ever jumped off and Rikki didn't believe I would do it! But I did, and I didn't even scream! At least I thought I didn't but Rikki said that I did. That night it poured! We had to walk outside to get from our room to the dining area and we virtually had a shower in the ...

... closed, the latch sliding through and the lock quietly clicking into place as I continued to walk on my own way. Ready to begin my own journey back to my life of safety, security and comfort back in Canada. Orphanage website: http://www.hogarcasafeliz.org/ Note: The package I had mailed before I left for Honduras finally arrived in La Ceiba at the end of January. It arrived 7 weeks after I had mailed it. It was delivered to the orphanage shortly after its arrival. Better late than never I suppose.

... hesitation they asked me if I had eaten already and if I would like to join them. I responded saying that I had eaten already which of course was a blatant lie. I just found it difficult to accept an invitation to eat with them considering that I was trying to supply them with items such as food, not take food away from them. Not satisfied with my response they asked if I was hungry. I was starving actually but shockingly I heard myself say: "No not at all". It was ...