Island Adventures
Trip Start
Jul 25, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 27, 2008
Utila,
Bay Islands,
Honduras
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
- Snorkelling! Afternoon boat trip to do some snorkelling. Was really great - actually better sites than did diving at Caye Caulker, so was bit sad that wasn't actually diving. Especially after there turned out to be some divers on the boat (though not our group), ahh well!
- The worst prepared meal ever: some of the group wanted to check out this Thai/Vietnamese place. Fine by all so we go... 1. Doesn't want to do separate bills so yes, we'll split between the tables. 2. Drinks orders take ages, this should be a sign. 3. Some food arrives. Food stops arriving. Basically, it took over 2 hours of being in the restaurant/waiting for the last person to get their food, which was some hour later than the first. With no apology. Nick, poor guy was last, with Sam, me and Damon closely getting our food just quicker. I didn't mind too much though - hunger had kinda left, and had a couple of vodka oranges + games of pool keeping me going!
- We hit the apparently best bar around - Treetanic (though not the nightclub as all were feeling tired!) Nick narrowly missed a near-death experience! As he was off at the bar getting more drinks, there was a big THUD and a large mango (we initally thought avocado!) hit the bench where he would have been sitting, and cracked. And it could have been his head! Cue much hilarity at the luck and prospect of 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 where we're going.... there's a beach somewhere...? Decide rather than kayaking into the lagoon (possibly as supposed to?) we take this path through the mangroves...and through.... Start getting worried as seeing nothing but mangroves, but this is being quite funny. After about 45mins, we get rather freaked as already in prime horror film setting, we see a man (local, big beard, raggy clothes the same colour as his skin and beard) on an odd little raft. Eek! However, when Christine calls out 'is this the way to the beach?' we get a yes. Hurrah!! Proceed onwards and finally pop out into the open!! Aahh beautiful. The sea!! We paddle a little bit moer and land on a 'beach'. Clearly not the beach it was supposed to be, as that has stuff on it (like food), and this was SO undisturbed! Relax a while, watch some crabs, find 2 wonderful conch shells we take back as souvenirs, paddle out a bit into the sea and try and have a swim around the kayak in the nice bits of water (i.e. not over all the weed). Decide we're gonna get too hungry to stay much longer (Christine's crazy american 'chex mix' and my out-of-date Oreo's wont hold us) so paddle back through the mangroves and head back for lunch. Wonderful!
Leave Utila though with legs looking like I have some mad disease due to epic numbers of (we think Sand Flies) bites all over them.. Argh! At least 50 on one side of one leg. Attractive, and they felt like they were on FIRE. not so fun, booo to fly bites!!
