Wowee I've had such a magical weekend! Armed with the knowledge that Utila is s***, Carmen, Claire and I headed off for a more authentic Honduran experience. We took the bus from La Ceiba about 20 minutes east along the coast to a Garifuna fishing village called Sambo Creek. Our timing was perfect as we arrived on the first day of their week long annual festival. We found ourselves a room in the one and only hotel which was far from savoury! But still the mice ru...

Hello you jolly nice people. I'm in a bit of a grubby town called La Ceiba right now. I decided to leave the island of Utila because to be honest if you're not diving there's very little to do. The beaches aren't very pretty and it's rather pricey. So many people had raved about it too but for me it didn't live up to the hype. I've met up with Carmen and Claire again and we're just using La Ceiba as a meeting point because there are some nice places to visit near...

Hello, well I'm on Utila which is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras... it's jolly nice! Although it's raining right now which is the only reason I'm here writing this! I'm finally starting to feel better after my persistant bug so I'm just going to relax here for a few days and do some snorkeling and wotnot... Carmen is going to join me at the weekend which'll be lovely as well. That's all for now. I'll fill more in soon when I've seen some equatic wonders and ...

Hurray I'm in Honduras! I can't tell you how happy I am to be here and away from Grot City! The journey was a bit fiddly cos I took the cheap, slow option that didn't involve getting up for a posh bus at 4am! But it did involve waiting around a lot and changing buses 4 times... the boarder crossing was a piece of cake though... friendly immigration officers? Who'd have thought! The town of Copan is cute as a button and a welcome relief from Gautemala City... in...

Ok so my new found tolerance for Guatemala City is officially over! I just went a minute up the road from my hotel buy some water and a teenage boy tried to rob me... he blocked me in the street and was demanding money from me. I said i didn't have any and he reached for the waist band of his trousers and lurched towards me kind of spitting words at me through his teeth... i think he said if you don't give me Q20 I'll stab you and he had a very scary ...