Spending a little over a year saving up cash and selling everything we own before this trip taught us several lessons. One of the most important was the value of money, and the rate that its value diminishes when you buy new things. We sold a tonne of stuff before we left home, much of it lightly used, and all of it at prices far lower than we paid for &#91read more]

Before we ever left home, my mom and her boyfriend, Terry, told us they were planning to meet up with us for the month of February.  They had already booked the vacation time and were anxiously waiting to find out what their destination would be.  You see, they were willing to be super flexible and show up wherever we were at the time.  The problem with that, as anyone following &#91read more]

Las Peñitas is one of two beaches located just 20-40 minutes outside of León by chicken bus (if you´ve ever been on a chicken bus, you’ll understand the time variance). I’d have to say that this was the closest thing to an all-inclusive resort that we’ve seen since Cancun, Mexico. The soft black sand beach is rimmed by a lengthy line of hotels, hostels, B&B’s, and restaurants. There’s just one &#91read more]

Welcome to the zombie march! If you don’t know why we call it that, you soon will! Sometimes the best moments of a journey come from being in the right place at the right time… We arrived in León, Nicaragua with little plan of what to do. We had just met up with my mom in Managua, and León was the first city on our agenda. She wanted to travel &#91read more]

Summing up our time in Honduras is fairly easy… we spent three and a half months in Utila, Honduras (and the neighbouring Jewel Cay).  The only other cities we visited (La Ceiba and San Pedro Sula) were required stays to get in and out of Utila. Honduras Statistics: Length of Stay: 107 days Average Cost per Day for Two People including ALL of our scuba diving courses: $52.97 CAD Average &#91read more]

Coral Bluebell Tunicates Mooring Line Coral Pilot Whale Skeleton Divers at Halliburton Wreck Coral Great view Bike at the Wreck Sand Coral Coral Divers at the wreck

Butterflyfish Horse-eye Jacks & Barracuda Burrfish Flamingo Tongue Hermit Crab Coral Lizardfish Banded Coral Shrimp Green Moray Eel Feather Dusters Sea Urchin