Roatan is the tourist hub of Honduras, and there’s no denying its appeal. At 50sq miles it’s big enough to stave off “island fever” and small enough to feel like a community and always see the water. We stayed in West End, the popular backpacking and diving community spaced along a pleasant bay. However, a short…

We had planned to stay another night in the jungle, but after the excitement of the day before we realized that we had gotten the best we could out of this location and decided to move on. After a morning of leisurely cliff jumping we piled in a cab and headed back to La Ceiba town…

As much as we love islands, we had come to The Jungle River Lodge to enjoy other things: mountains, rivers, and all the land based adventures we felt we were missing out on in Cayman. The Lodge sits along the Rio Canrejal, supposedly the best place in Central America to try white water rafting. I had…

If I was the type of person who believed in omens (and I’m not entirely sure I’m not) I would have run screaming like a banshee back to the airport demanding a flight home after our first day in Honduras. It was that good. The bad luck started in the airport when, preoccupied with thoughts of…

By the time you read this, Mark and I are going to be sitting on a plane sipping complimentary rum punch on the way to our next adventure. We’ve been planning it since before I got here for the summer and I can’t believe the day is finally here. Some people might consider it a luxury…