Making our way to utila

Beautiful sunset!

From San Pedro Sula, we took a 4 hour bus ride to the coastal town La Ceiba. Luckily we got seats up front next to the driver of the mini bus, so no car sickness! We got to the dock to take the boat to Utila half  an hour before the last boat was leaving. After standing in line for a quarter of an hour, they sold out! We did not want to waste a day being stuck in La Ceiba, so we decided to wait around, because you never know. Luckily, there were enough of us needing a ride that they made one last trip, hooray! Unfortunately, it was a nauseating hour long boat ride below deck. Since it was Christmas, we decided to splurge on a nice hotel room, and it was worth it! We were right on the ocean with a beautiful view, I did yoga on the deck every morning. We had a fridge, tv, and everything was clean! It was wonderful. Christmas came and went pretty uneventfully, but it was nice to be in a luxurious hotel.

I just signed up for scuba diving lessons. It was hard to pick a place because there are so many, but I ended up with the College of Diving. Along with diving we get free accommodations for the week. Since they were all booked up in the regular lodgings, they had to upgrade us to a suite. What luck! So we'll be spending another week in paradise! I begin lessons tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.