The town of Fronteras, Rio Dulce, may not be pretty, but if you need something there’s a fair chance that you’ll find it somewhere along the road. Food, fruit, banks, hardware, and even a sizable marine store. Just don’t step into the road without looking both ways. Remember the 70s … Read More
Horsing Around
Varnish work continues around the boat, and we continue to go about life in the middle of it all. Though we are leaving soon for inland travels, we wanted to be around while work got going on Bumuzzle. The marina is across a small bay from the main part of … Read More
Summer Season Prep
The best part of sailing around the world on the route and timeline that we took was that we were always moving. We took a few months off in New Zealand, but that hardly felt like we were waiting out a hurricane/cyclone season since we had so much to see … Read More
Rivers and Rain
We got together with a few friends and headed up to the Hot Spring Waterfall. We walked down the trail past women doing their laundry in the river and came to this pretty waterfall. Not all that remarkable on the face of it, but the water up above is fed … Read More
Rio Dulce Life
Our new digs for hurricane season. It’s a small eco-resort with maybe twenty-five slips and a bunch of small bungalows. There isn’t much of a breeze here, so the cleaning ladies just drape their daily laundry all over the docks. We went right to work washing and drying everything out … Read More
Bound for Guatemala
We left Utila a little before sunrise, and headed west for Guatemala. Shoutout to Ali for doing a quick visual inspection of the engine compartment before we left and noticing that I had left the cap off of the oil fill on one of the engines. I must say that … Read More
Leaving Roatan
Getting ready to leave Roatan didn’t require much, aside from gathering up groceries. The grocery store here was so good that we knew it would be some time before we saw aisles packed with food like this again. Guatemala will be loaded with fresh fruit, but we won’t be around … Read More
Fantasy Island
Hanging out at the beach on Fantasy Island, the three-star resort with a million rooms, twenty guests, and a ten bucks a night marina. No cruiser ever minds a hard passing rain shower to clean the boat off. With our lifestyle there isn’t much call for seasonal clothing, which means … Read More
Slow Roll in Roatan
Life is running at a pretty easy pace around here right now. Some quiet mornings on the boat, followed by snorkeling and playing on the beach in the afternoons, and hanging out with friends in the evening. Ouest painted rock phones for the family, which led to some pretty funny … Read More
French Cay
For the most part I’ve been really disappointed/saddened by how little life there seems to be in the Western Caribbean. Here on Roatan the West End was pretty terrible, but here in French Cay things have perked up quite a bit. This reef area is part of the Marine Park … Read More
Shipwrecked
Snorkeling continues to be the main activity around here, and we’re slowly finding a few more signs of life. Finally got to swim around with a Spotted Eagle Ray, which has long been my favorite and was fun to show the kids. Usually when I see these they are in … Read More
Cost of Living—Honduras
We arrived in Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras after an overnight 300 mile trip from Isla Mujeres, Mexico. The Bay Islands are rightly renowned for their clear waters and vibrant coral. It’s a dive mecca. Utila is sort of a “backpacker” island, meaning the town is filled with inexpensive accommodations where … Read More