sacred water for generations...Diving RoatanBay Islands, HondurasWe flew with Taca out of Miami, which was surprisingly good (and direct on Sundays), to Roatan, Honduras. The island off the north coast by about 60 kilometers is (very) roughly banana-shaped and has some wonderful diving – which is our main reason for going almost anywhere (other than the “it’s not covered in fucking snow” reason). We arrived to delicious weather (well, it was July) and had an average wait at small and steamy airport...
Dry Tortugas National Park - Fort JeffersonDry Tortugas, FloridaWeather at the Dry Tortugas is lovely. They rarely get rain because there’s no landmass around big enough to make it rain, and the “Dry” in the island’s name is to warn that there is no fresh water to be found there. Granted, it was sunny and warm even before we left from the Key West airport. Around noon we took off on a Sea Plane...
Gulf of Panama - Contadora IslandIslas Las Perlas, PanamaThe Pearl Islands are over 200 islands sprinkled throughout the Gulf of Panama. Of these, only a few are inhabited and only a few have the amenities of Contadora. It boasts several hotels and restaurants, a few shops, a primary school, a police station, and an airport. The island is about 750 acres, is crossed by several roads, and can be walked around in an hour. The 300 local residents include a number of transplanted travelers who were passing through and got stuck – and it is easy to see how that could happen.
