That's the entire island of Chachahuate. It's a Garifuna fishing village.
Cayos Cochinos, was an adventure. Ocean like bathwater and very limited facilities.
Old posts from my very first travel website and my first backpacking trip (a year in 2000-2001)! Just spent a quick week in Honduras and went to some beautiful islands off the Carribean coast. Time to catch a bus. Will write more later!
Here comes our boat from the bay side. But wait, we need to get into the ocean.
No problem, we'll just all carry the boat over to the ocean.
Finally a cheap place to catch up on internet here in Guatemala. We really like Honduras what we saw of it which was mostly some really small islands (cays) off the Carribean coast. Water like a swimming pool! We stayed in a little stick shack with a sand floor on an island with nothing but about 25 other little stick shacks for the fishing families, and a few palm trees. The gal who cooked for us was really sweet but was 15 years old with a baby and a 23 year old husband!
OMG the water - like bathwater!
We stayed with a nice Garifuna family. They kicked the kids out of the bedroom and we slept there. Sand floor. :)
Anyway, after a few days with no fresh water or toilet, we treated ourselves to a couple of nights at the dive resort on one of the bigger islands. Wow - we had food other than beans and rice! What a treat. A great deal for anyone who dives for a nice vacation from the states.
We caught a ride on a crappy little fishing boat back to the mainland which broke in the middle of the incoming storm. You should see how they work on the engine! All you really need is a hammer. We finally made it without any waves filling the boat or anyone getting too seasick. Crossed the border along the coast amidst some beautiful scenery, and headed into Guatemala.
