West Bay Hotel

... starting in Cape Town, heading down the coast along the Garden route and up to Durban. A couple of nights in a nice hotel then accross country to the West coast for the last couple of days to enjoy some sun and sea. Hopefully we will get a chance to swim ...

... bags....!   Once this was finally sorted we jumped aboard the water taxi which only took 5 minutes to get us across to West Bay.  Sure enough the girls were already there and we grabbed a spot along the beach (past the hundreds of cruise ship ...

... 's really fun. On our last day :-( we our diving instructor recommended that we take the water taxi down the beach to another bay called West Bay, it is beautiful, a white sand beach with the reef very close to the shore so you can go snorkelling right ...

... ,a deluxe  resort. Ate lunch in their outdoor restaurant.Ordered ceviche ,There is a lady singer. Took the water taxi back to West Bay by waiting then waving at them at the dock. Shop for souvenirs.. Went to Shark Pizza for dinner.Red and green spicy ...

... it had a turtle and alligator cage in the central park, but it lied to us yet again. We booked into a SERIOUSLY SHITTY hotel called,hotel caribe. I swear i came out of that shower dirtier that when i went in. The next day we arrive at the port only to ...

... fruits and veggies for sale from the back of pickup trucks. But, it also means rotten fruit all over the place, particularly near our hotel which is surrounded by fruit trees. I don't mind the smell, but the guys have dubbed it "rotting death." Also, the ...

... and then maybe take out a kayak (also free if you stay here) and see where we end up.  We'll probably check out West Bay tomorrow, because their beaches are supposed to be the best, and we're signed up for scuba diving on Thursday.  Can't ...

... crab I've ever seen (3 feet across, easy), and I finally got to do a really deep wreck dive. In the evenings, West Bay closes fairly early, but along with my American dive buddy Dimitri (another ex-military guy, like almost every American I meet), we ...

... 't diving.    we hiked over to the west bay and back, which gave some great views.   the beach at west bay is probably the prettiest beach we have ever seen. and the sand flies keep the weaker stock away.   the ...

... for ourselves but we ran out of time. The weather was beautiful every day and some of the beaches were very nice, particularly in West Bay (the ritzier, more "resorty" part of the island a short "water taxi" ride from West End). There is also a very ...

... on the seed to get the last juice from it is just the best lollipop i can imagine. The next morning we went to west bay, the most beautyfull beach on the island. Going at 12am for the 30 minutes walk in the sun was just perfect ...

... beans, rice and juice. Today we wanted to hike over to the West Bay and to the tip of the island. We walked about 3 miles, past West Bay, up the hillside and made it to the tip where again one of the famous freak downpours happened (it is a warm rain) but ...

... the boat trip and it was hardly rough at all. We arrived on the island in darkness and rain and had a 20 minute drive to our hotel. We were all so hungary as we hadn't had time for any meals. We headed to Lighthouse restaurant for dinner - it was pretty ...

... ) So why, with all this heat, do I have a sore throat? Was is the SCUBA stuff? Was it the AC in my La Ceiba hotel? Or maybe the toxic cloud of cigarette smoke at the clubs? I don't know, but my voice sounds like James Earl Jones. (another Vader ...

... sand flies. Lovely. There are no good grocery stores in West End, or so I thought. Yesterday I discovered right next to our hotel, the best store in West End. Had I just walked a few more feet down the road two weeks ago (we're toward the end of the ...

... to Chilli's where Shane dove with Native Sons which give a modest discount to divers who are staying at the hotel. Chilli's is right up the end of West End, past the turn off for the ferry terminal and across from an open air internet kiosk and ...

... slightly menacing in the evening atmosphere of La Ceiba's streets after dark, so after a quick dinner, we retreated to our hotel room, and treated ourselves to a 3 hour Friends marathon on satellite TV. Wonderful! The next morning, after a fairly ...

... gaan. Uiteraard nam ik de laatste bus daar ik niet langer dan noodzakelijk in San Pedro Sula wilde verblijven. Deze keer een beter hotel gevonden en de volgende ochtend om 5 uur de bus naar Managua (Hoofdstad van Nicaragua) genomen. De rit duurde zoŽn ...

... by now. And: our friendly receptionist says: 'No, problem, I will book your flight.' Saved us 30 bucks and a lot of time. Hotel: Dr T found the almost ideal place: all inclusive (also the diving) for a more or less reasonable price. That is the biggest ...

... in just three days there. Everything there is like 4 times more expensive than on the main land. We stayed at "The Dolphin" hotel with a room overlooking the water. I guess if you were coming down from the states with some serious green backs a ...