Well hello again. FORTH COUNTRY!!!! woohooo. And I´m using my border crossing skills to help others now! If they don´t give you a receipt, don´t give them money, the officals just but it straight into their pockets. I learnt that in Mexico, but saw a bunch of people fall for it here. So I crossed over into Honduras on the 19th and stayed in a town just beside the border called Copan. It was a pretty cobbled town and a good jumping off point for the country. The country immediately had a more Carribian feel to it, with relaxed, slow moving people.... and lots more mosquitos! I thought I´d left it all behind in Mexico but I stopped off at the Copan Mayan Ruins , the furthest southerly Mayan ruins, which are famous for their carvings, and very detailed they are two.

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Then I spent a long day travelling across the country, past acres of banana and pinapple plantations, to the coast to a town called Le Ceiba, from where I got a ferry to Utila, where I am now! I´m settled down here for Christmas, don´t know what I´ll eat yet, but I met a American girl called Jess who will keep me company.

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It´s a great place. And the best bit, is the reason I came... the diving! I´m learning to dive and loving it!!! Fantastic tropical waters, coral, fish, pirates wrecks, turtles.... the list goes on.

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I had a little early Christmas present yeaterday as I got to talk to my Simon for the first time since my trip began. Unfortunately, I´m just realising as I´m writting this that the internet is too slow to upload the photos. I guess that´s what you get on an island miles in the middle of the Caribbian. Well they´re beautiful, and I´ll get them up at some point, but I´m goin to be here for a while yet, so don´t hold your breath! (like in diving!)

Happy Christmas to everyone, send me an e-mail, tell me some news, thanks for all who have. Will miss everyone over the next few days. xxxx r