This is an unbelievable photo! I have seen clown fish off Utila and off St John. They are amazing fish!
This photo was taken off Hawaii.
Diving Destinations – Hawaii
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Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia
Although we didn’t find any sea turtles this past trip, I have seen them in the Carribean. This is an awesome photo!
I would recommend Utila Honduras as a great diving destination! It is gorgeous and diving is not expensive.
Le Ceiba Honduras Horse Cart Transportation
This is a classic scene on the mainland of Honduras – a horse drawn cart. It is wild to see motorcycles, cars, pickup, trucks, bicycles and horse drawn carts sharing the road.
Many times the two lane road became three lanes as someone tried to pass a slower vehicle. I quit watching after awhile since our driver seemed quite used to this and demonstrated a high level of competence.
I haven’t seen any horse drawn carts on Utila. It is a small island with limited number of roads. They have mostly scooters and golf carts.
On the road to La Ceiba Honduras Stand
Not unusual to find these stands along the road on the mainland.
It reminded me of a lemonade stand here but this is more serious for them. In the states you are trying to train your children to be entrepreneurs, here in Honduras it is a matter of survival.
Sorry it is a bit blurry but we were moving along in a van.
A few more photos:
Honduras vacations – La Ceiba Mountains
another view of the mountains – between San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba.
Honduras Flowers – Slideshow
I just created this slideshow of the flowers we saw in the mountains just north of La Ceiba, Honduras.
Credit to Kelsey – the photographer…
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The mountain terrain is quite different than what I expected. It would be a tough place to farm!
Van Ride from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba
You can fly into either city, San Pedro Sula or La Ceiba. The best deal on tickets sent us to San Pedro Sula. There is a local bus you can take but with 7 people it $20/person for a three hour van ride.
The road is paved and is two lane. However with all the passing, it turns quickly into a three lane. There are a couple of checkpoints along the road and it is a bit strange to see policemen with automatic weapons.
The slowest vehicle is the horse drawn cart and I was surprised at the number of them we saw.
I will post pics from Flickr.
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Street vendors along the road – very commonplace.
Customs-The First Time
Going through customs the first time is always an uncertain experience. There are always two lines – on for citizens and one for non-citizens. It is fairly easy once you get in the right line. We are here on vacation for 10 days.
We flew into San Pedro Sula and now take a 3 hour van ride to La Ceiba which is on the coast. (This is worse than driving in Boston and was thankful we had a driver.)
