Days 111 & 112 - Sunday 8th & Monday 9th January 2006
After a sound sleep and a hearty breakfast we were ready to be shown about the capital city of Honduras. Carlos began by taking us to a viewpoint looking out over the city towards the airport. The city sprawls across a valley, reaching and edges and in some of the poorer areas even continuing up the surrounding hillsides.
Day 110 - Saturday 7th Janaury 2006
6am. That was the time that the only ferry to mainland Honduras left from Utila. So it was that after 4 hours sleep we found ourselves bleary eyed and wandering the 500m or so to the ferry terminal. We boarded and waited around, and the ferry eventually set sail at about 7am. The delay didn´t really worry me, as I had found myself a comfortable chair and was happily sleeping the time away.
Days 108 & 109 - Thursday 5th & Friday 6th January 2006
The problem with impromptu drinking is the inevitable hangover. Lately I have been suffering from pretty bad hangovers and I am not sure why. Still, even though I had a hangover the Caribbean still beats going to work!
Day 107 - Wednesday 4th January 2006
It was a reasonably early start, up at seven to meet with the other folk who were due to go out diving that morning. As it was to be first dive after getting my PADI cert I was a bit nervous, but I soon forgot that when I realised I remembered how to set my stuff up after all!
Days 105 & 106 - Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd January 2006
In times gone by there were apparently two boats that ferried passengers across from mainland Honduras to Utila in the Bay Islands, and this competition had helped to keep the price of a ticket down. When we arrived at the dock for the ferries, we found out that one of these two boats was currently in the dry dock for refurbishment. As a result the opportunist owner of the boat that was still in operation had doubled the price of the crossing.
Day 104 - Sunday 1st January 2006
New Years Day is a public holiday in Honduras and as such the boats to Utila were not running. We were therefore forced to spend a day in La Ceiba. It wasn´t much of a scenic town, and one of us being much in the mood to lay on the beach we went to the local shopping centre, ordered fast food and went to the cinema.
Day 103 - Saturday 31st December 2005
Although the village of Omoa was chilled and very pretty, it seemed a little too quiet a place to spend New Year´s Eve. Therefore after a quick breakfast we caught a serires of buses to the town of La Ceiba. This actually took the majority of the day, as we eventually arrived at about 6pm.
