05/01/2006 - Hello from Guanaja, Honduras (Bay Islands)

We left Providencia on Thursday.. sailed 195 miles to the island of Vivorillos, Honduras... it was another great sail, took almost 40 hours.  We loved it there so much we spent two nights instead of one so we could do some exploring, scuba and spearfishing.  We met Hermando, the caretaker of the cays of Vivorillos.  He showed us around and gave us a Barracuda fish for dinner.  We in turn gave him a bottle of rum.  We left Vivorillos on Saturday morning and sailed another 155 miles here to Guanaja, Honduras (one of the Bay Islands).  It took us 28 hours, sailing only under the power of the genoa.  We had to drop the genoa because we were going too fast and did not want to arrive here before dawn, so we put up the yankee to slow the boat down a bit.  We are waiting to check in to Honduras as today is a holiday and the immigration office is not open.  It sounds like we might have to go to Roatan to do our check in which is only 30 miles from here.  All is well.  Jake's foot is completely healed now... and we are excited to be here in Honduras and so near to Belize, our dream destination!  Will write more later.  Adios, Cathy