On The Road Again

Incriminating Evidence on the Airstrip Utila, Honduras In 2009 a cargo plane loaded with 1.7 tons of cocaine crashed on the Honduran island of Utila. A group of us decided to bushwhack through the jungle and find it. UPDATE: The airplane wreckage was removed from the jungle a few years ago, and is no longer there. Not wanting to embark on a mission like this alone, I recruited my new friends and fellow travelers Robert & Pookie, from Austria and Thailand, to help me with the quest. We began our search at Utila’s desolate island airstrip, known as an occasional refueling station for Colombian cartel planes loaded with drugs. Armed with some basic directions and a compass, we entered the wild Honduran jungle. Keeping an eye out for giant spiders & snakes as we pushed our way through its thick tropical foliage. The ground was rocky, made of razor-sharp coral and covered with hermit crabs of all sizes. Some of these were even climbing trees with their littl...

As I stop relaxing for a second to evaluate my surroundings, I realize that yes… I am an hour away from civilization… in the middle of a Honduran Jungle… in a hot spring spa. The Jaguar Luna Hot springs are a self guided, natural spa. Geothermal heated water fills a series of pools to soak away all your stresses. The grounds are very nicely kept, with a variety of treatments and pools. There was several temperatures of pools the higher you went on the property the hotter the water. You could also walk through the circular shaped pedicure pond, where you step on polished stones in alternating hot and cold water. Hot Spring pedi pool The whole experience is ridiculously relaxing, I haven’t felt this relaxed since my last Thai Massage. I think my favorite part was the hydro massage, where water rolls off a ledge which you sit under and the stream rushes the tension out of your muscles. Hydro Massage! When in Rome (or Honduras) Getting muddy! The sulfuric mud ...