Honduras

At this point, we have made it out of Guatemala and into Honduras. In fact, at our first stop in Honduras where we were crashing for the night we hitched a ride in the back of the Honduran National Police pick up to our hotel. We did book it from the main land to the Bay Islands within a day though to play it safe. Out here, on Utila Island you would not have the faintest idea that a coup was in action in the country. No curfews are followed, no police or guards are to be seen, and there is no talk anywhere about it. It has helped us out to get a bargain for diving though. The deal we managed to score was the NAUI Advanced Diver course (6 dives and a rescue portion), 2 fun dives, a refresher course, 3 breakfasts and 3 nights in a double room for 220!

Here are some of the brief highlights on the diving out here... We had a giggling bubble blowing fit as we floated in a swam of ctenophores (comb jellies and sea gooseberries). Three eagle sting rays cruised by us effortlessly. In a night dive we collected blood worms by our lights and then feed them to the corrals and watched all the polyps swell up with the big tasty meal we provided. Also on the night dive, schools of little fish would collide into us and for a few seconds it felt like they could possibly eat us alive. Swimming thorough cabins in a ship wreck. Diving to 130 feet for the first time. The list continues of course, but those are the ones that top my list.