13 hours on a bus, it almost wasn't worth it.
Actually, the bus ride was cool. I made friends with a Honduran chick, drove through a cloud forest or two, ate some pizza... not too much to complain about. We got to La Ceiba around 630, checked into a hotel around 8. La Ceiba is a coastal Honduran town with the reputation of a party town. Neither Brad nor I really had much energy to go out by this time, though. We did however poach a pool. At about 10;30, we went on a walk down the beach, and saw a real luxury lookin hotel with a nice pool. We were talking about swimming that day but the ocean didnt seem like the best idea at the moment. So we hopped the little fence (Brad mentioned the rule that if its not over waist high, its not really forbidden...)and got down to our skivvies. We managed to swim for a while before we saw a hotel employee come out. As soon as we saw him we got out and ran away, which probly gave away the fact that we werent staying at that hotel. He chased us to the edge of the property and swore at us alot.
In the morning, a boat to utila!! I got S O A K E D on the boat. It was a pretty choppy ride, and I really didnt pay any attention to the splashes until one got me. whatever.
Utila is very different than expected. It really is paradise. Palms everywhere. Hot. Cool travelers all over. But, unfortunately, there isnt much local culture. It really gets drowned by the tourism/diving industry. And the people here are creole! its some crazy english that you cant even tell is english until a couple days on the island. It really seems like a different language at first. When we arrived, all the dive shops try to get you to dive with them, and its kindof insane. You're barraged with fliers just walking off the dock. It was alright because it did give you a good idea of what was around, but the first few seconds of utila are hectic. One of the dive shops took us out to their caye and let gave us a tour of the shop, then let us use their snorkeling gear until the next boat back to Utila came. It was way fun! I saw the craziest jellyfish, ever.
Got a room in a cool hostel. Took it easy again.
This morning we walked all around the island, I saw a bunch of radical lizards and walked through a jungle. then we chilled on these volcanic rocks and ate lunch. Fresh pineapple, avocado, bananas, tortilla chips, PBJs and of course coconut milk. We actually got a little lost in the forest, but thankfully a bunch of local kids came running by, and pointed us toward town.
Friday is supposed to be the big party night here in town. Ima goin out right about now.
Tomorrow I start scuba trainig!!! wish me luck!
