Utila Here We Come... Maybe

After the mishaps on Friday, our adventure has finally begun. The first phase went without any major complications. We got to the airport at 3:30 am to find the airport doesn’t open till 4:30. We had an interesting guy behind us in line. I think he was a five year old trapped in a 55 year old's body. He basically talked to himself out loud for an hour. Once we were through security with all the bags, my mom and I had to go back out and park the car then take the shuttle back. We got back to the gate with about 10 minutes to spare. We landed in Miami on time.

Since things went fairly smooth all morning, we had a glimmer of short lived optimism. : O During our 3 hour layover Mom, Leah, and Lori promptly fell asleep on the airport floor (EWWW). I went off in search of a power outlet and a wifi signal. When I got back I realized all hope of making our connection in the next city was over. Our flight to San Pedro, Honduras was delayed for two hours due to mechanical issues. Since I couldn't find wifi in the airport, we couldn’t make alternate travel arrangements. There was an upside!! When the plane finally left we got to sit in first class.




Lori sleeping.


Me trying to kill time.


Mom and Leah sleeping

In San Pedro, we hit the ground running trying to catch our connecting flight, which didn't happen. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Plus sunscreen exploded in one of the bags.

We couldn’t find anyone who spoke English and there were no more planes leaving until the morning. We finally found a taxi to take us to a hotel and two Spanish speaking bellhops carried eight 40 lb bags up the stairs to our room. They did it in two trips.

Hopefully the final phase goes better (which means it doesn’t turn into a phase three, four and five). If everything goes as planned we will catch the 2:30 plane to La Ceiba tomorrow, then the 4pm ferry to Utila tomorrow evening. If we miss the ferry we will be stuck in La Ceiba till Monday and our 8 hour trip will have turned into a three day adventure.
Until our next adventure adios amigos.

By Kathryn (representative for Weber World Travels Inc.)