Utila Island - thinking about my old life

Hello all of my readers. Today is a sunny beautiful day in Copan Ruinas just waiting to head back to Antigua. It was a little cold this morning as I was walking around in my tshirt and shorts I almost needed to put on a long sleeve shirt. One thing I do find hard getting used to is all of the cold showers if you are lucky warm showers however; today I am heading to Jungle Party Hostel in Antigua where they have the best showers in all of Central America.

I just spent the night in Copan Ruinas which is a stop over from Utila Island the smallest of the Bay Islands in Honduras. Utila is a divers paradise for it is very cheap to become certified and an excellent spot to potentially see Whale Sharks. Although I am not a diver I could see why you would want to. I did try snorkelling on the island it is important to get a mask and breathing apparatus that fit properly otherwise you will have salt water up your nose and taste it as well.

Utila is an interesting island as there is a strong Jamaican influence/accents there. They do speak mostly English but some of them speak more Spanish and others Spanglish. The local drink is called rum-enade and it hits you hard and fast they are really tasty little buggers! My first day on the island I spent trying to get a rum punch which is a personal favourite of mine and after asking 5 different bars a local finally told me they don't drink that shit there as it is "a touristy drink"......I had to bite my lip and not tell them that their beer is some of the shittiest beer and their rum isn't exactly top notch if you are in Central America or the Caribbean and have bad rum then you have to be doing something really wrong! One thing I was really disappointed in was the lack of local cuisine and the complete and total lack of seafood why travel all of this distance to eat burgers and fries.When you are on an island you kind of expect lots of seafood.

Sometimes I think about my old job and really it seems like it was a lifetime ago or like it was someone else's life. I think back to the times when there was stress or issues and ask "why". If you are stressed or upset at a situation ask yourself this "will this make a difference to me in 5 years from now". I am only 2 weeks into my trip but it feels like I have been travelling for quite awhile now. I do wonder how long I will indeed be able to travel for or what I will be doing after. It is nice to have the option of where to next and how long.

I still can't speak Spanish very well but I am trying my best and some things are coming out a little more fluently now. I am at least trying to make an effort. It is amazing how a little effort with another's language or culture makes all the difference in the world. I do wonder if someone was in my situation in my country if I would be as patient?

One of my favourite backpacker meals tin of tuna with green special sauce

Tuna Tom