We got back to San Pedro pretty late last night (9:00, which
is late for Honduras when we leave for school the next morning at 6:00am). Despite a long chicken-bus style ride,
(one that stops OFTEN to pick up essentially anybody along the side of the
road), we made it back in one piece from a FANTASTIC weekend.
We got one of the school drivers to drive us to La Ceiba at
noon on Friday. It was pretty packed with 28 people on the mini-bus. We got to the ferry just in time, with
only about 5 minutes to spare. The
ferry took about an hour and was pretty rough, but everyone told us that was
one of the smoother rides. A
couple of our friends got sick, but luckily both TJ and I were OK.
Erica on the ferry.
We got in to Utila and walked about 10 minutes to our hotel,
called Rubi’s. It was one of the
best places we’ve ever stayed. It
was perfect. I beautiful dock for
swimming, lots of hammocks and just enough rooms for everyone who went
(although on the first night we did have to share with Mark and Kelsey… 4
people in that room was pretty....cozy).
View of Rubi's from the dock
Lazy afternoon in one of the Hammocks.
The island itself is really unique. It’s filled with expats who moved there
to open restaurants, hostels, dove shops or just live. It’s definitely got that “island” feel,
and everything moves at a slower pace.
You can never really predict when something will be open. For a really small island with only two
main roads there are over 10 dive shops, and many more restaurants and bars.
One of the shores of the island from our dock.
We went for dinner to a great restaurant called Babalu on
our first night. It was built out
over the water and had an open spot in the middle where you could see all the
fish swimming by… SO COOL! The
food was good, HOWEVER, when we were finishing up our meal, I got bit by a
cat! I was a bit freaked out, but
after a quick phone call by us to mom (who LAUGHED at me….) We both felt
better. We were both glad we got
our rabies shots after that though!
Erica and Kelsey at Babalu (pre- cat attack)
After dinner we all went out for a birthday night to a bar
called Skid Row. The ambiance
wasn’t the best ever, but they have T-shirt challenge, where if you do 4 shots
of this disgusting rum based booze filled with herbs and roots and other stuff,
you get a free t-shirt. Although
we all claimed we wanted to “take the first night easy” we all got a t-shirt on
that first night… I’m sure everyone can imagine how the rest of that night
turned out… (TJ got 4 t-shirts by the end of the weekend…)
Shinanigans (with spiderman?)
Saturday and Sunday were relaxing… We hammocked, went paddle
boarding, rented bikes, went snorkeling (it really is the best in the world…
not even in the same realm as Mexico and Cuba). We found a bunch of great seafood restaurants, and even some
delicious Italian.
Our own private beach!
On our last day, we discovered a private beach, and we snorkeled,
lounged and had a quiet morning before we had to take the ferry back at
2:00. The boys also had a romantic
kayak courtesy of TJ. Just before
we left, we met a pretty awesome Macaw that hung out with us for a while. It was pretty sad leaving the island,
but it felt like we had been there for more than 3 days. Really great experience, and we would
definitely recommend it if you are looking for a unique and relaxing place to
have an adventure!
TJ, Mark and Mike going for their romantic (yet manly) kayak ride.
TJ with our macaw friend.
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