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How to Become a Divemaster: An Interview with Tina Doran in Utila, Honduras
Blog: Jamón, jamón: Alice's Gastronomic Adventures - 18 April 2011
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Utila! Part Dos.
Blog: Roasted Bugs and Sticky Rice - 21 February 2011
Monday, Feb. 7 Breakfast at the same place this morning. While Will continued to do his course, I did some fun diving! I went out in the morning on Tiburon (“shark” en espagnol) with Cap’m Willie, Dive Masters Josh and Paco, and fellow fun divers including Scuba Steve, a friendly Canadian who was traveling throughout [...]
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Diving In Utila! Part Uno.
Blog: Roasted Bugs and Sticky Rice - 21 February 2011
*disclaimer*- those of you who are frequent readers of my blog know that I get lazy with photo taking, as I believe it takes away from the joy of the moment. I apologize for the lack of photos, especially since we really wanted one of the two of us in our scuba gear, but I [...]
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Honduras Trip!
Blog: Roasted Bugs and Sticky Rice - 15 February 2011
My boyfriend Will and I took a week off from the cold and went to Honduras from February 5-14. Why Honduras? Seven months ago we decided we wanted to do a trip together before I go off to do the Peace Corps in the spring. We wanted to add a passport stamp and experience a [...]
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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 Beaches, Ruins, and Jungles of Honduras
Blog: GoBackpacking - 26 July 2010
For all its recent political difficulties, Honduras has a wealth of stunning places to visit.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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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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Highlights of Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 November 2009
I had such an awesome time in Latin America it’s pretty hard to pick out favourite moments. But I’m going to give it a go anyway. Here are the best things I’ve seen and done over the past six and a half months, along with links to what I originally wrote about them. Favourite City: Valparaiso, [...]
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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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Scuba Diving the Bay Islands: Utila, Honduras
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 26 June 2009
Utila is known on the backpacker circuit as a cheap place to get your divers certification, people come to Utila for one thing and one thing only. To Dive. Dave and I were no exception. We had been diving for a year in Canada. And were already certified rescue divers. We had logged our hours and were ready to finish our Dive Masters in the warm clear waters of Honduras.
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