Utila Island is a small island roughly the size of Manhattan, with approximately 3000 permanent residents.  It is primarily a fishing village, but because of the excellent coral reefs all around the island, it is well known for its scuba diving.  It is also known in back-packing circles as a great place for inexpensive hotel rooms (most hotels run $3-5 per night) and food, a place where you can spend a month for just a few hundred dollars US.  Also, despite the incredible dive sites, diving is also quite inexpensive, with $100 buying you 10 dives -- quite a bargain.
 
 
 

 

Hotels                    Other Locations

Bahia del Mar - 2	Airport - 1
Bayview Inn - 49	Utila Dive Centre - 7
Blue Berry Hill - 28	Seabreaker Bar - 17
Clear Water Apts - 6	Clinic - 47
Countryside - 44	Post Office - 24
Freddy's Place - 4	Annie's Souvenirs - 46
Holland's Inn - 22	Restaurants
Hotel Celena - 14	Jade Seahorse - 29
Hotel Tropical - 43	Seven Seas - 11
Hotel Trudy's - 9	Golden Rose - 42
Hotel Utila - 46	Mango Cafe - 32
Laguna del Mar - 8	Bahia del Mar - 2
Loma Vista - 31	Mermaids - 18
Mango Inn - 32	Sharkey's - 1
Margaritaville - 54	Thompson Bakery -27
Rubi's Inn -18	Island Cafe - 35
Seaside Inn - 52	Tropical Sunset - 26
Sharky's Cabins - 3	Utila Cuisine - 20
Utila Lodge - 41	Xinhouse - 50

(Red indicates I was at these locations at some point)
 
 
 
 

I know this one is a bit dark, but I thought it was a nice shot of some palms and boats on the edge of the harbor.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is a shot of one of the three "cinemas" on Utila.  In the absence of copyright law enforcement, they show video tapes on a large screen tv, and charge a small admission fee (usually about 20 lempiras, about $1.50 US)  And yes, they sell popcorn!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A picture at just after dawn, looking towards the airport.  Great skies and always picturesque scenes here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Well, that's a dolphin in front of the boat.  This was taken after 2 dives on the east side of the island.  We got back into the boat, and a pod of dolphins passed us by.  We started up the engines and chased them, and they came back to us.  They were jumping on the sides and in front of the boat, and swimming just on the surface very close to us.  It was a great sight indeed!!
 
 
 

This is a shot out of the aircraft window, just before takeoff from Utila to La Ceiba.  Yes, those are waves.  Yes, the aircraft was no more than 10 feet from the water.  No fences.  Nothing but a few rocks stopping you from going into the drink.  Not so bad for takeoff, but landing on this dirt strip was quite interesting...to say the least!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Interesting Utila Links
 
 
 

Utila Info	Laguna Beach Resort
Cross Creek Dive Center	Someone's Utila Trip Log
Utila Dive Centre  (This is who I dove with)	The Undiscovered Gem of the Caribbean
Green Arrow Guide to the Bay Islands

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