The following are pictures from a May 2007 trip to Central America. This blog has scenes from the Honduras portion of my trip.

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This is the view from the plane going to La Ceiba. Honduras has many large scale industrial farms as can be seen in this photo. Lots of land appeared to be used for palm oil plantations, pineapples, and bananas/plantains. Very different from the patchwork of small family owned farms that we saw in Nicaragua.

Fishing boat, w/dramatic sky and mainland Honduras in the background. Taken from La Ceiba port on the way out to the Bay Islands.

Utila Island of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea surrounded by the second largest barrier reef in the world. Once the home of British pirates and later of slaves brought here by the British, the official language is surprisingly English, although spoken with a decidedly musical Caribbean lilt. Many of the folks working in the restaurants and stores of mainlanders from Honduras who are somewhat resented by the native born population. Utila reminds me a Key West before Florida got so touristy.

Beautiful coral reefs (dark areas in water) interspersed by sandy bottom. The water was very clear and warm - perfect for snorkeling. Saw an incredible variety and number of tropical fish, along with spotted moray eel, hawks bill turtle, yellow rays and my first squid in the water.

A typical house and boat on Pidgeon Cay. Note the pelican on the roof.

Utila, of the Bay Islands of Honduras, has a very Caribbean look, sound and flavor. Lots of fishermen; this man is fishing for small silver fish to use as bait.

A beautiful sunset scene showing our hotel on the island of Utila in Honduras. I spent my time either snorkeling, drinking beer on the hotel balcony, or sailing.