Conveniently the three Bay Islands, off the north coast of Honduras, are tiered into three categories: super luxury resort, package holiday and backpacker retreat. Needless to say, the latter option, Utilia, was taken by me.This island is ALL about diving, to the extent that I wouldn't recommend visiting unless you plan on sinking into the depths. The social life and even the accomodation is all tied up with various dive schools. And the monopoly ferry there is pretty pricey - in the context of Central America.
I spent one day diving with Creekside Diving which was 'nice' (interesting coral and a few fish), but not world-class. Good to keep up your skills if nothing else and those taking courses benefit from incredibly low prices. Otherwise, a few trips to the beaches, if you can call them beaches, were the only other daytime activities for me.
Two evening highlights were the 'aquarium bar', for moonlight drinks sat around a floodlit patch of sea, complete with stringrays, octupi and fishes, and 'dave's place' for dinner. King-size pork chops in a jalepeno sauce, jacket spuds and veggies. Yumminess. Another amusing thing to listen for is the creole language spoke by the carribean locals. It's kind of English, but certainly not the queen's. I understood hardly anything.
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