Pumpkin Hill Beach Utila Honduras

Pumpkin Hill is the highest point on Utila, Honduras. The other Bay Islands, Roatan and Guanaja, rise right up. Utila is relatively flat and has Stewart Hill and Pumkin Hill.

It isn’t very hard to walk to the top of Pumpkin Hill.  The challenge is knowing where the trail is!

Here we are at the top – with my best friend and husband of 27 years!

From top of Pumpkin Hill

I used the Flip Camera to show you the entire island

Going down the hill, we came across these horses.   (I only took the pic for my niece who is an expert with horses.)

Horses on Pumpkin Hill

This was a fun day!  We rode mountain bikes through mud puddles to the base of Pumpkin Hill.  Then we walked the rest of the way up to the top of the hill.

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This is real – stuff you don’t get from visiting an aquarium!

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Road to Pumpkin Hill Utila Honduras

I always bring a pair of old sneaker when I come visit.  You can now see why…

Legs are mountain biking to Pumpkin Hill

This was a hard ride!  The roads are very bumpy to begin with and then you add a lot of rocks and mud – it creates a very challenging ride.  You never knew whether you are going to hit a rock or sink in mud!

We managed to make it in and out of there with no problems.  My husband really enjoyed the ride.

Here we are at the base of the hill.  Will have to leave the bikes and walk to the top.

Next post I’ll show some of the views once we hiked to the top.

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Biking is Utila is a bit different. Since there is only a few miles of pavement on the island you have to give up on any notion of road bikes.  There are many dirt roads and trails.

One more thing, it is rainy season! )

Road behind Big Byte - Utila Honduras

Here are some pictures of Big Byte…

Big Byte Beach - Utila Honduras Bay Islands

Big Byte Beach - Utila Honduras - looking toward Paradise Cove

We rode past Big Byte and on toward the airport.  It was nice to get off the muddy road for a bit.  But it wasn’t long before we were on another muddy road – worse that the ones we had just been on!

Will post more soon…

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We stayed in Paradise Cove Bungalow – perfect for two people!

Here is a video from the deck of the bungalow.

More pics of this gorgeous paradise!

This was just day 1…

More to come…

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Being on a small island allows you the privilege of observing both the rising of the sun as well as the setting.

This sunrise reminded me of several verses:

“The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge…”  Psalm 19

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There are several great places to eat in Utila.  One of those is El Picante, owned by John and Theresa.  (They are a great couple and we have enjoyed getting to know them.)

They recently moved to a new location, overlooking Utila Bay.

We got there at sunset and had a gorgeous view.

I think of my parents every time I see a sailboat anchored in the bay.  They spent many years in the Virgin Islands and saw many wonderful sunrises and sunsets.

(We would have had less sand flies if we had been a bit offshore!!)

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I really did a lousy job with this photo.   I couldn’t get the right angle   to do it
justice.

The house belongs to friends of friends. It was fun to visit their place; enjoy the
pool and the view!

If you look close enough you can see the mountains of the mainland through the
trees.

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They range in size. This guy  is fairly small.

(Be careful where you walk or you might accidentally crush one.)

Sometimes there are so many it looks like the ground is moving!

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During a recent walk into town – Utila Town – I had to stop and a take a picture of the view! You can see a few sailboats anchored in the bay.

Gorgeous view and temperatures are in the 70s – low 80s…

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