Treasurehunter Huts/Restaurant Sandy Bay

... stopping at our next rest point - San Pedro Sula. Luckily we didnt even have to leave the terminal and we sat watching a very long and boring movie with Nicole Kidman falling for a 10 year old boy that disturbed us to no end! It was with relief that we got back on the bus for the last 4 hour trip to La Ceiba. <br><br>La Ceiba is a port city that doesnt really have much going for it except for the fact that it has a nice shopping mall. The hostel we stayed in, Banana ...

... to do the Open Water so as compensation for delaying my course for a day I got 2 more free fun dives on top of the initial 2 free dives. The PADI course is a mixture of theory and practical. The theory is either reading a huge tome of a manual or watching 5 very cheesy videos and then doing &#8216;tests&#8217; at the end of each module, finishing with an exam on the whole theory. The practical is all about skills underwater like ...

... allowing me to get closer to the coral and things.<br>Managed to see two turtles on one of the dives also. Such graceful swimmers these things! Absolutely amazing to watch.<br>In the afternoon there was a party on one of the uninhabited islands. They had set up a bar, sound system and all sorts of things. We drank beers lying in the shallow water most of the afternoon, listening to reggae and having a whack time! We stayed until about 6pm before going back ...

... is flying. If two more people come, I've lost the seat. 6 minutes to go and one person comes running in to get her seat. ONE SEAT LEFT. 3 minutes to go and I see a taxi pull up to the curb with one person in the back. NO other airlines are checking in today. 2 minutes to go. I say, IF someone stands in the door when the time is up, I still get the seat, right, pleadingly. The manager is enjoying chiming out how many ...

... a fun Brit, as our instructor and Dom, a Canadian doing his Divemaster course, as our assistant.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>< br><br><br> We had timed our visit to the island to coincide with the seasonal migration of the Whale Sharks and we'd heard as soon as we arrived that there had been plenty of sightings the previous week.<br> <br>First up, however, learning how to breath underwater.<br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> Day 1 was quite boring, lots of ...

... and my own bathroom. So, it was early in the night when I realized that it wasn't going to be worth the $20. First, they put me in a room right by the lounge area, and check-in desk. Literally, a door between the two...my door. Then I realized that there was some sort of bar on the other side of my window. WTF! I don't have anything against pool players, but come on! Who puts a hotel room by a billiards bar ...

I should of notice, after paying the $425 limperias that I was in for 1 hell of a boat ride to the island of Utila.. As we were about to leave the protected waters of the break wall...the ferry crew started handing out vomit bags and napkins...there was standing room only on the boat ...full.... The ride was to have only taken 45 mins...but due to the rough sea's...it was a 1 ½ hr rollercoaster ride...about 3/4 of the people were locals...and when I started ...

Rano vyrazim ranim busem do mesta La Ceiba na pobrezi Karibiku. Cesta je to velmi dlouha, ale prijemna, protoze jedeme primym busem, takze nestavime na kazdem miste. Kratce si prohlizim mesto La Ceiba a pote vyrazim do pristaviste, kde ve 4 odjizdi lod na ostrov Utila, kde se nachazi skvele zazemi pro potapece. Cesta ma trvat 45 minut, nicmene behem Noveho roku se mistni firme porouchali lode kvuli naporu navstevniku a tak ...

... Igar, fredag sa fick vi efter 3 dagars kurs och dykningar varat "open water diver" certifikat, vilket innebar att vi far ga ner pa ett djup pa max 18 meter. Igar fredag, borjade vi direkt kursen for "advanced diving" och har nu fatt uppleva fantastiska dyk pa 30 meters djup, natt dykning med ficklampa (helt sjuk upplevelse, slacker man lampar sa lyser egna sma microorganismer for fulla muggar och kanslan av att simma simma med manen som ...

... what could have been. - Kayaking! The next day a few of us decide to rent kayaks, with vague instructions of where to go! After walking for ridiculous time (40mins? in the HEAT) we find some, but with annoyance at the walk/trouble of now getting breakfast, only ends up being Christine and I who go. Worryingly asked what time we think we'll be back at, as if not they'll send out a search party. hmm! Anyway, head off through this gap in the mangroves and realise we don't know ...