West Bay Lodge

... been felt in Utila just as strongly as we had experienced in La Ceiba, there had been daily tremors, often up to three times a day. Then, on the evening of Sunday, June 7, as we watched TV at Dom’s house, the room started shaking and groaning. Still a bit shaken up after our last experience, we instinctively jumped up to flee outside, but this one was much tamer than the last and after 15 seconds or so, peace returned and we went back to the TV.
Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras cc_world_tour

... golf cart with our 2 new Swedish friends and Averi, another volunteer who couldn't get enough of us in Guatemala.



Golf cart day/24hours is up there with the most fun we have had on the trip so far. We rented the cart 24 hours starting at 11am...we then explored the island stumbling across the runway of utila "airport" whilst cruising to some pimping old school hip hop. We then headed to the beach for sunset and beers before driving to ...

... head and 4m's away from the powerful tail, which has broken bones and knocked people out cold. Just when we had repositioned ourselves to do our second drop, another boat from one of the resorts sped up next to us. All of a sudden the fat tourists started jumping in the water directly on top of the shark. Within seconds the shark had dove down too deep to see. It took us 45mins until we found another shark and the whole time the resort boat ...

... this island. Even though droves of tourists flock to Utila it still made for a pleasant stop and it was a good break from the noise and pollution of La Ceiba. There is lots in the way of tourist infrastructure making it very easy to get around and basically have a good time. Also gave me a chance to sample some seafood and the shrimp and snappers did not disappoint. It was a welcome break on multiple levels. I was only there for the weekend but Edward ...

We stayed 5 days on Utila, one of the 3 Bay Islands and it was definitely a highlight of our travels. We passed our open water dive course, which took 4 days to complete. The water is the clearest i have ever seen and the sea life amazing. Our instructor, Michiel, was very patient with us and he did a very good job. Diving is harder than i thought! First you have to get used to breathing under water, and then you have to ...

... party ended well, the Dutchies and I danced for 13 hours straight (where others took a nap for an hour or so) and we called it a morning at 7 am. It was a good festival, although the afterparty was a bit weak, we had fun! After Utila we left to head towards Copan to sniff some cultur and view some ruins. In copan we parted ways cause the girls were going straight to Mexico and I still wanted to explore Guatamala!

... The people of the island are of three cultural groups: descendants of pirates (and a strong thick indescribable accent of English), blacks who are descendants from African settlers, or Honduran. It is an interesting mix. Anyway, I stayed at the UV Dive center most the time and was up at 6 or 630 AM to get ready for diving in the morning! I didnt have much time to myself or for a true beach relaxation. In fact, to get to the beach, I would havehad to walk another ...

... var den beste opplevelsen fra oya. De var veldig lekne, saa man fikk veldig naerkontakt med de. Jeg fikk se noen flere dyr paa oya og. Blant annet to ulike typer aper, en slange og iguanaer. Oya hadde ogsaa en av de fineste strendene jeg noensinne har sett, West Bay, med turkis krystallklart vann. Det er et sted jeg kommer til aa savne veldig, men vi maa videre paa reisen.

... although we did see a car crash on the way (Very minor). The countryside has been amazing, with both countries being lushly green and Honduras being exceptionally mountainous. Overall Guatemala dissappointed me but Honduras has been great, spent NY Eve diving during the day and saw both a Turtle and Dolphin which was cool. As for the actual evening, well picture a setting sun on ...