Utila, Above the Water!

Most of our time in Utila was under the water, but since I want to include photos, and those are going to take a longer time to go through, I'm going to do a post of ABOVE the water, and later I'll do a post of BELOW the water.  Easier for you to read, anyway!

 Here's our first look at Honduras from the plane.  We landed in Roatan.

 

It was a very small airport.  The flights to the U.S. are only on Saturdays.

 

Then we had to take two ferries to get to Utila, then a small boat to get to the resort.  Quite a journey. Here's one of our ferries.  (There were private airplane charters available, but we didn't trust them!)

That was the larger ferry, from Roatan to Ciepa.  A smaller ferry took us to Utila.  The waves were big that day, and I got very green.

When we took it back, it was much better, BUT the sea was rough for the larger ferry.  Several little kids lost their lunch.

Here's a few photos taken around the resort.  The owner's son worked there, and he had a dog, Coco.  She is 2 years old, and loves everyone.  If we went on a walk, Coco was there!  She took naps on our porch several times.  She was really fun.

Lots of these!

The "whale" pool.

The main beach of the resort.

Main beach, looking the opposite direction.

Coco, on our porch.

See Coco?

Just a little farther from the main part of the resort, looking from the beach.

Some of the building at the resort.  The one on the left is the dining room and kitchen.

The Dive Shop!  Met our group out back at the dock every morning at 8 a.m.

Pathway in-between cabins.

Our cabin!

We had a great group!  There were 10 of us all together.  But we can't forget our dive master and boat captain!

Our last meal together.  One couple had already gone home.

Our dive master and boat captain.  They were great!

Our group on the boat.

On Sundays we went to church in the "city."  It was a small branch.  We enjoyed it very much.

Church from the street: it's on the 2nd floor.

Decorations for Mother's Day!  We each were given a little basket with Hershey's kisses.  Yum!

The "front door", after you climb about 15 stairs!

 That's all for today!  Next time it will be dive pictures!