Prancing around in Panama..

Boom – myself, my housemate, Lou, and another friend of ours, Dave, managed to land ourselves seats on the last direct flight to and from Panama City with Cayman Airways for the July long weekend.

It was a late afternoon flight on the Thursday to Panama City where we were to spend the first night.  Out for some food and then a chilled night ready for a super early start to catch a short one-hour internal flight to Bocas del Toro (translates to “Mouths of the Bull”).

Waiting for our ride..

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Road tripping through Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador..

Our first stop was Haultco and eventually we found a place to stay that could fit all six of us in the same room – now this was definitely different to what we had just spent the last couple of weeks in. There were two double beds and they bought in another mattress, which pretty much took up the entire floor space. We also had to lug all our belongings into the room as there was no way we were leaving anything in the car, especially with easy access through the back window (and half the doors not locking)..

Girls riding in the back..
Girls riding in the back..

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The island paradise of Utila in Honduras..

After a bus trip from San Pedro Sula airport and an overnight stop off in La Ceiba, I was on the ferry to the island of Utila off the east coast of Honduras.

A friend of mine, Aaron, met me at the ferry and, as he had already done the task of sussing out all the dive shops for the best deals, took me to Utila Dive Center to sign up for an open water course starting later that afternoon!

I completed my open water, meeting some great people, and moved into an apartment just off the main road which meant cheap rent and homemade meals.  I was settling in.

My swimming hole for the five weeks at Utila Dive Center!!
My swimming hole for the five weeks at Utila Dive Center!!

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