With heavy hearts we finally jumped back on the vomit comet to return to the mainland. After a fairly unpleasant boat ride we had to grab a cab to the bus station. We found one & explained to the driver we needed to rush as we had to catch a bus fairly soon which he obviously interpreted as "please faff about outside for a bit so we miss our bus" & then finally got us moving. When we arrived at our destination he tried to charge us double as apparently we...

We have gotten a little behind as neither of us has wanted to write this blog.. theres just no way to put into words how much we enjoyed our time on Utila. We had always decided that we were going to do our PADI Open Water qualification while we were on our 'big holiday', and after a bit of research we found out that Utila in Honduras is one of the cheapest places in the world to dive - and we love being thrifty!! After deliberations and muchas muchas researc...

We had fallen a little behind on our travels so decided to pick up the pace a little. Leaving good times behind us we planned our farewell to Nicaragua. It was going to be a huge journey to get to our ideal destination which was on the North coast of Honduras (basically an entire country away) so we decided to break it up with a stop in Somoto, a sleepy border town. After enduring possibly the worst bus ride yet, including 2 breakdowns & the constant attemp...