Ended up staying longer on Utila then planned thanks to a nasty bout of belly ache for Tim and a full-on Caribbean cold for me, but we can think of worse places in the world to recuperate! Thanks to a visit to the resident hippie doctor Dr John - a long haired guy sporting dark sunglasses, no shoes and a small puppy under his arm mostly found propping up the island's bar - and a few random Honduran pills and Tim was soon right as rain! Utila is a very chilled ...

Had a mental few days after leaving Cuba.....firstly left Havana at 4am to check in for our flig ht to San Jose which ended up going via Guatamala....then spent a night a quiet San Jose before boarding our massive bus trip through three countries to the north coast of Honduras. First day, bus left San Jose at 7am and reached Managua, capital of Nicaragua, at 5pm....bit of a scary place with lots of shady characters carrying sawn off shotguns in the streets, so ...

Checked into a casa in the Old Town this time round for a change, right in the middle of all the action. It was quite a cool old building with marble stairs and a balcony - that we didn't stand on for any length of time - overlooking a busy street which was really cool to hear everything going on, salsa music coming out of people's apartments, people chatting in the street, bicycle bells ringing, sellers.....you name it! Spent the rest of our time hanging out wi...

In the morning we finally left Vinales for Havana en route to the beaches at Playas del Este. Briefly considered abandoning plans to head out there when we reached Havana in the pouring rain but suddenly got a call on my mobile from our Kiwi friend Jodi who was at the beach with her two mates! Had a right result with our next taxi, when a beautiful purple Chevy rocked up for the price of a regular cab! After a bit of a hassle trying to find a casa in Guanabo, t...

Decided to splash out a bit and book into the all inclusive resort at the very far western tip of the island called Maria La Gorda so that we could do some diving which was meant to be world class. So were pretty chuffed as we settled into our very luxurious cabana with crisp white sheets, fluffy towels and cable TV! They can't get eggs or milk, but Celebrity Reality Rehab they can provide! The beach was OK, although not a patch on Cayo Levisa, but the diving w...