Where Are We Now? Utilla, Bahia Islands, Honduras

Where Are We Now? Utilla, Bahia Islands, Honduras
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We left San Pedro Sula and took am easy bus ride to the city of La Ceiba, the third largest city in Honduras. When we got there we ate lunch at a great little Israeli joint run by a guy who makes the best falafal in the world, and got caught in a hurricane as a sailor so he likes making falafal better. Then we took the Utilla Princess out to the Bay Island of Utilla, a very different place from the rest of Honduras. We saw dolphins swimming in the wake that the boat made, jumping joyfully in and out of the water like happy happy water things. Instead of taxi drivers, hippies with UK accents mob you to try to get you into their dive shops with enticements of maps and free lodging when you get off the boat. All in all, not a bad deal but we're not here to dive. Its a little like Caye Caulker but the road is paved, there are green hills overgrowing with trees and bat caves full of bats. We saw the clouds hovering over the mountains on the mainland. Utilla appears to be a beer and party town for diving folks but there is plenty to see. The locals have been friendly so far. I hear creole and Spanish, country western music and reggae. Dreadlock Holiday was playing at Munchies, where I bought water because I had the thirsties todday...big time... not the munchies. Tomorrow I'm having barracuda kabobs. Mmmmm hmmmm. As of this writing we've been here for four hours.