Settling down for a time
In the past few days ive gone past the halfway point of my travels- 3 and a half months gone, lots of things seen and done but many more yet to come. Its been pretty hectic, moving around most of the time and the people constantly changing- thats one of the reasons why Utila is proving to be cool place, somewhere to lay down roots and get comfortable.
One of the reasons why Utila is such a good place to be is that its an island, and as such has a completely different atmosphere to the mainland parts of Central America- its much more relaxed, the principal form of transport bike along the single main road. The islanders are an interesting people, a blending of Caribbean and Latino culture with an incredible accent; the only way to describe it is as "Pirate English," lots of gutteral growling and overextended vowels. Its always funny to walk past one of their domino games, to watch them slamming the pieces down on the table and snarling at each other. The island has other interesting inhabitants, for example the Physician who goes by the name of Dr. John- he walks around in board shorts and a rasta cap, with a good size beard and a pair of dark shades.
As to places on the island, well theres no better place to start than my dive shop, Altons. Its set out on the edge of town, a wooden dock going over the sea and the hotel set a little back- music plays most of the day, and lots of people just lie out in a hammock looking at the water. The sunset happens on the other side of the bay, and at night eagle rays and stingrays often swim underneath the dock. I lived there for the first week or so, but now ive moved into my own place up a little hill some distance out of town- 3 other peoplw working at Altons live there, it feels how id imagine student accomodation at uni would be. As to nightspots, well theres only 3 or 4 that i really frequent- 2 are bars set out over the water, pleasant places to hang out and chat with friends. My favourite place though is the Jade Seahorse, which is one of the best bars ive ever been to- its the product of 10 years work, a maze of Sculpture and crazy architectural details, Expect lots of photos of it (and other things described here) soon. Its gonna be nice to spend another 6 weeks in this place.
One of the reasons why Utila is such a good place to be is that its an island, and as such has a completely different atmosphere to the mainland parts of Central America- its much more relaxed, the principal form of transport bike along the single main road. The islanders are an interesting people, a blending of Caribbean and Latino culture with an incredible accent; the only way to describe it is as "Pirate English," lots of gutteral growling and overextended vowels. Its always funny to walk past one of their domino games, to watch them slamming the pieces down on the table and snarling at each other. The island has other interesting inhabitants, for example the Physician who goes by the name of Dr. John- he walks around in board shorts and a rasta cap, with a good size beard and a pair of dark shades.
As to places on the island, well theres no better place to start than my dive shop, Altons. Its set out on the edge of town, a wooden dock going over the sea and the hotel set a little back- music plays most of the day, and lots of people just lie out in a hammock looking at the water. The sunset happens on the other side of the bay, and at night eagle rays and stingrays often swim underneath the dock. I lived there for the first week or so, but now ive moved into my own place up a little hill some distance out of town- 3 other peoplw working at Altons live there, it feels how id imagine student accomodation at uni would be. As to nightspots, well theres only 3 or 4 that i really frequent- 2 are bars set out over the water, pleasant places to hang out and chat with friends. My favourite place though is the Jade Seahorse, which is one of the best bars ive ever been to- its the product of 10 years work, a maze of Sculpture and crazy architectural details, Expect lots of photos of it (and other things described here) soon. Its gonna be nice to spend another 6 weeks in this place.
posted by Viajero Nuevo at 10:18 AM
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as I'm sure you can tell, I'm doing anything just to avoid revision right now, so...
That sounds cool man, I'm really jealous! I got sent a link to a cool video by someone I'm doing my summer placement with: it's the deepest video of a whale ever recorded, taken by a remotre oil-pipeline monitoring camera (or something like that). Look at the news section - it's pretty damn cool if you like underwater stuff (which i guess you do...) Look at the depth ticker in the top left...
www.alpinscientific.com
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