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Another Epic Journey – Roatan to Livingston
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 16 May 2011
You know a trip which was already going to be difficult isn’t destined for trouble when your alarm clock doesn’t go off and then the first form of transport is cancelled. We were finally grateful for the rooster which woke us at 0500 as the battery to our alarm had died overnight. Then after another [...]
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The Long Journey – From Granada to Roatan via Managua
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 11 May 2011
We knew this trip was never going to be too much fun as we would be traversing the width of the continent, but thanks to the Tica Bus, it could have been a lot worse. We were starting from Granada which isn’t the jumping off point for the Tica bus, so in the afternoon we [...]
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Roatan – Chilling on the Bay Islands, Honduras
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 9 May 2011
Roatan is a diverse and rich island famous for its fabulous diving, and there’s plenty to do besides, if you aren’t into that sort of thing! Possible activities include paragliding, kayaking, ocean fly fishing and zip-lining, and at the higher end of the spectrum you can swim with dolphins or for the super rich you [...]
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Scuba Diving off Barefoot Cay, Honduras
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 5 May 2011
Barefoot Cay Divers is a PADI 5 Star centre with all the trimmings required for enjoying Roatan’s famous reef in style. They offer a wonderful valet service, which includes set-up and disassembly of equipment, high quality equipment and small boat groups making for longer bottom times all to ensure that you don’t have to do [...]
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The Worst Island in the World
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 2 August 2010
Allow me to preface by saying, I'm not much of an “Island guy”. I'm just not a fan. Some might say i'm getting old, but i'm never liked them.
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A Little Exotic Pet Trade…Can We Undo the Harm?
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 30 July 2010
As I was jumping, wiggling, tugging and contorting my body into a ballet of ridiculous postures to pull the wetsuit over my damp skin my instructor and I went over our plan for the day’s dives as he also explained some of the fish I was about to see. Trumpet fish and crabs, eel, barracuda, and a toad fish—they were the guaranteed sightings in the warm waters off the coast of Honduras that I hadn’t yet seen. But Ethan didn’t mention the lionfish until after the first two dives and ...
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The Best Hostels in Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 14 November 2009
Travelling for a year, constantly on the move, rarely staying more than three or four days in one place, where I end up staying makes a huge difference to my my stress levels. End up in a nice hostel, with things like comfy beds, warm showers, free breakfasts, a good location and a nice atmosphere [...]
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Honduras Round-up & Budget
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 July 2009
I’m not going to write a long post about my impressions of Honduras like I did for Mexico & Guatemala, as in my brief time in the country I didn’t get to see all that much and it’s hard to get a real feeling for a country based on just a couple of stops What I [...]
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