Utila Lodge

... of the place and then went off in search of a cold drink at a cafe down the road. <br><br>That night was our last night on the island and we headed back to RJ´s the BBQ shack across the road from Alton´s. The food was great as usual and had it been any other night we would have probably partied the evening away... but our very early ferry ride back to La Ceiba the next morning had Al, Lynda and I heading back early to pack and get some sleep. <br><br>Not so for ...

Monday<br><br>More diving! We did a total of three dives on Monday. The first was on the wreck of the Halliburton, a freighter ship that was intentionally sunk just outside of Utila. In the past ten years, it's developed a good layer of coral and makes for an interesting dive. It's located in about 100 feet of water (we went down to 98 feet) which makes this John's first official 'deep' dive. The second dive was at a local reef, and we enjoyed ...

... wanting our business. I needed the bathroom so excused myself and dashed off thinking we were going to get the bus. I got back and found that Roman had negotiated a taxi for all of us for $10 all the way to La Ceiba. I couldn&#8217;t believe it so I held up 10 fingers and Roman and the taxi driver both nodded. This was the deal of the century. I again questioned and said we should get a bus. But the taxi driver indicated the ...

... food, the decking has a huge hole in it to sit and watch the sea life in the natural aquarium. Toilets are&#8230;er&#8230;.interesting. Tranquila and Coco Loco are much of the sameness, the latter playing great music when we were there but are both on stilts over the water and offer a nice cool breeze once the sun sets. Meateaters will love the BBQ and grill bars like Driftwood and RJs, which are completely wasted on me.<br><br>My verdict is that Roatan diving is ...

... of 35ft (she didnt listen to me) so who knows what we will get now.<br><br>We went out for dinner last night with a group of 20 from our school - it was really cool and at an Italian place call La Piccola. We then went for drinks with the small group we worked with. We decided to stay one more day in Utila to rest, do laundry, read up on whats going on in the world and Leighann has to get a pedicure/manicure (just because its cheap).<br><br>Tomorrow, we plan on taking the ...

... photos as "The Mustachio Boys" in our first entry from San Pedro, Guatemala). We hadn&#8217;t planned to meet up and although we knew they were going to Utila, we thought they&#8217;d be long gone when we finally turned up. Both were in Utila long term, doing their Divemaster training. We&#8217;d chosen well.<br><br><br><br><br><br> We spent the first four days in Utila relaxing. Much time was spent lounging in aforementioned hammocks, reading, drinking ...

... gibt es auch in Honduras Mayaruinen die mit die groessten, schoensten, beeindruckensten und bedeutungsvollen etc. sind. Da das kleine Oertchen Copan Ruinas eh auf dem Weg lag, machten wir dort einen kleinen Zwischenstopp. Ein schoenes Dorf in den Bergen mit netten Menschen, leckeren Frappuchinos und den besten Cuba Libres und ja, auch die Ruinen waren schoen! Eine weitere Tagesreise spaeter kamen wir dann endlich auf Utila an, einer der drei Karibikinseln ...

... get out of here. But she toughed it out and stayed. Granted there were many times when she came very close to re-booking her flight so that she could in fact leave earlier. This was heavily influenced of course by her worried family back home in the U.S. and even the American embassy at one point. However, in the end, she stuck through it and left the country on her originally scheduled date of departure. Despite all that was happening around her she conveyed to me that she still was ...

... some crafts that Mayra wanted to make. The only other item I had bought was a soccer ball for them (which oddly enough they were more interested in storing away in good condition rather than playing with it). In any case, this all didn't even amount to $10. So I still had a long way to go. I was overwhelmed on a few different levels with regards to the purchases I wanted to make for the orphanage. Firstly, I didn't know what all to buy. Secondly, how was I going to buy all this stuff ...

... here for over two weeks now and I hadn't realized earlier how religious all of them were. In any case, I enjoyed the magical moment that this was. After grace was when everyone attacked their respective meals. It had been a while since I had a homemade burger and this was quite good. But not only was I enjoying the flavourful food but there was something special about being there and eating with them. I had spent done some cleaning there, taught English, helped with ...