As with all great destinations, their charm is usually half to do with the hard slog to reach them. As such, moving on from Roatán Island bound for Granada meant a two-day ferry and bus journey broken up by an overnight stay in less than salubrious surroundings in Comayagua. I…
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Roatán Island 101
/ 07/03/2013Roatán Island off the coast of Honduras is a diving honeymooners dream. Surrounded by coral reef it looks to have over 100 dive sites, some with fairly humorous names like Bikini Bottom, Hole in the Wall and The Wife. In some places the reef wall goes down some 3000 feet.…
copa copa copa copa copa Copán
/ 05/03/2013Our first ciudad in Honduras was Copán…where it must be said, I lost my shitenhausen. Between absolutely amazing Mayan ruins frequented by macaws – that magnificent parrot in all the colours of the best things in the world – horse riding to charming villages up steep hillsides on little-more-than-ponies with…
awesome, alluring Antigua
/ 19/02/2013Antigua is a maze of cobblestone streets that run between rows of brightly painted walls and doors that hide tranquil gardens and courtyards. Each corner can look like any other, especially at night and I kept losing my sense of direction, even when I wasn’t enjoying a few adult beverages.…
reaching new heights in Panajachel
/ 19/02/2013Panajachel lies on the shores of Lake Atitlan and serves as a tourist base and home of ex-pat hippies. A handful of us joined Pablo from Mayaland Travel for the day to visit the local communities of San Juan and Santiago. We took an open boat across the lake to…