Welcome to another edition of Drake goes SCUBA diving. This time I'm traveling to an island off the coast of Honduras called Útila. A very small island located north of the more well-known Roatan.
My day started at home at 3:15am. I met up with a few of our group and car pooled down to LAX. Our first flight was 3.5 hours to
Houston where we literally walked from one plane to another and then flew 2 hours into Roatan. There we went through customs (where the only thing the customs agent said to me was "next") grabbed our gear and then boarded a 20 seat double-prop puddle jumper for the 20 min flight to Útila. Once we arrived at the VERY small airport we jumped in the back of a pickup truck and headed to the town's main dock.
Once there we realized 4 bags were missing (guess who had a missing bag?). So the plane FLEW BACK TO ROATAN AND GOT THEM. One of our new dive masters Frederico was nice enough to show us to a local bar where we had a few beers while we waited for our bags. One of the guys from our group who stayed at the boat was apparently asked by a local female if he was in need of a friend. He politely declined.
Once we got all of our bags we finally headed to the resort, which is pretty amazing. It is owned by 7 girlfriends from the U.S., two of which live onsite and run the place. The staff is very friendly and I think we will have a great time. We got our room assignments, had a quick dive orientation and then were offered a choice of seared ahi tuna or chicken parm for dinner from
Chef Paul (also from the U.S.). I went with the tuna which was amazing. I was told the chicken was delicious as well.
As I write this it is POURING down rain outside. Hoping that subsides for our 8am boat dive tomorrow! Pictures to come...
My day started at home at 3:15am. I met up with a few of our group and car pooled down to LAX. Our first flight was 3.5 hours to
Houston where we literally walked from one plane to another and then flew 2 hours into Roatan. There we went through customs (where the only thing the customs agent said to me was "next") grabbed our gear and then boarded a 20 seat double-prop puddle jumper for the 20 min flight to Útila. Once we arrived at the VERY small airport we jumped in the back of a pickup truck and headed to the town's main dock.
Once there we realized 4 bags were missing (guess who had a missing bag?). So the plane FLEW BACK TO ROATAN AND GOT THEM. One of our new dive masters Frederico was nice enough to show us to a local bar where we had a few beers while we waited for our bags. One of the guys from our group who stayed at the boat was apparently asked by a local female if he was in need of a friend. He politely declined.
Once we got all of our bags we finally headed to the resort, which is pretty amazing. It is owned by 7 girlfriends from the U.S., two of which live onsite and run the place. The staff is very friendly and I think we will have a great time. We got our room assignments, had a quick dive orientation and then were offered a choice of seared ahi tuna or chicken parm for dinner from
Chef Paul (also from the U.S.). I went with the tuna which was amazing. I was told the chicken was delicious as well.
As I write this it is POURING down rain outside. Hoping that subsides for our 8am boat dive tomorrow! Pictures to come...
Our plane to Útila
Airport shuttle
The bar we waited at. This is the main road in town.
Dive briefing
Shot from the dock downtown
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