Our trip back to Utila was a lot easier than leaving had been! We stopped off again in Miami for a night and went for a lovely catch up dinner again with Kiki before a nice easy flight over to San Pedro Sula. While waiting for our plane from San Pedro to Utila we had … More Utila Part 3
I had so much fun back in Utila and this post doesn’t even begin to do it justice. By all rights it should be 3 times as long but so much of what happens on Utila is xrated and not for this blog! My route back to Utila took me Via Miami. The lovely Kiki … More MSDT and Home
I was on my way home. There had been weather reports all over the Caribbean as hurricanes had decimated island communities. One was heading towards Miami and there were warnings abound. Sods law Miami was my route home! I landed in Miami and had 45 minutes until my next plane departed. I was rushed through … More Big Fat Greek Wedding
I had a just over a week between finishing my Divemaster course, which wrote about here Divemasters at UDC in Utila! and starting my IDC course. The IDC or Instructor development course, is a 2 week long intense course aimed at teaching and training you to become a dive instructor. At the end of the 2-week … More IDC at UDC
As I waited to board the ferry to Utila, the Utila Dream, dubbed by many as the vomit comet, I was treated to a Honduran Delicacy. The pastillito. Little did I know that this Caribbean Pastry would soon become the staple of my diet! With all my dive gear on my back I got onto … More Divemasters at UDC in Utila!
I finally landed back in the UK after flying 12 hours, via Norway. My Auntie was on hand to pick us up and we headed to her house to recover from the jetlag. Mum had left her new dog Dylan, with my Auntie while she was away so this was my chance to meet him. … More The UK and Miami
We waved goodbye to Malaysia and headed towards Singapore. It was only a short flight from Kuala Lumpur. We landed and grabbed a taxi to our hotel. A posh hotel in the middle of Clarkes Quay, a very trendy desirable part of Singapore. The last time I was in Singapore was 5 years ago, I … More Singapore
We arrived in Kota Kinabalu and were met at the airport by a transfer. Mum had organised a 10 day tour of Borneo through Intrepid Travel so we had to at back and be led around the island. We got to the hotel and had the day to kill before meeting our guide and the … More Borneo
I jumped on a quick flight from Bangkok to Penang. Id 24 hours to kill until my wonderful mother landed. We were due to spend 3 weeks together before we both flew home to the England. I checked my map upon arrival and saw the hotel id booked was only 2km away. Anything under 3km … More Penang
I arrived in Sihanokville expecting a nice beach town, what I found was something totally different. It was a dirty and busy place. Cheap Casinos lined the street alongside cheap bars. The beach itself was strewn with rubbish and remnants of the previous nights party’s. As you can probably tell I wasn’t impressed with the … More Sihanokville, Koh Rong and Bangkok
