On Saturday September 13, “Utila. Live!” comes to Bando Beach in Utila. Live! is a music festival featuring 5 live acts in various genres including; classic rock, alternative, rap, blues, and heavy metal, with DJ Santi spinning vinyl and taking the Festival into the early hours of Sunday morning. Bando Beach is a private, white sand beach, with lounge chairs, …
Chamber Music on Utila – Bring it on!
A group of local Utila businesses and music lovers are trying to bring a Quartet from the Honduran National Philharmonic Orchestra here to Utila. David Araya, who is the solo clarinetist (yes, I had to look that word up online) in this amateur Youtube video below, contacted Utila to see if we could make it happen. (more………..) Julie Shigetomi -RE/MAX Agent- …
Medical/Charitable -Needs your help
Upcoming, September 24th, is the 8th annual ‘Sundae by the Sea’ held for the benefit of ‘Clinica Esperanza’ in Sandy Bay. Each year this organization reaches out to the community to help fund it for another year. It is a top notch facility that offers great service, most notably to the local poor, for very little. ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT! …
Whale Shark Day on Utila
Saturday was International Whale Shark Day! The Utila Whale Shark & Oceanic Research Center (WSORC) celebrated by having a raffle with prizes donated by several businesses in Utila to raise funds towards some equipment that will be used to spot and research whale sharks. (more…….) Photo by Reed Whiting
Miss Universe – Honduras
The Miss Universe Honduras pageant was held right on Utila last Saturday. The Jungle Cafe and RE/MAX sponsored the lovely ladies for dinner during their stay. The publicity that this is going to raise for Utila is immense and we are all so thankful to have had them augment the beauty above the surface! Miss Comayagua, pictured above, third …
Things to do – Carambola Gardens
If flush tropical gardens, beautiful flowers and a little exercise is your thing, next time you visit check out Carambola Gardens in Sandy Bay. Visit the Iguana Wall and the parrot breeding grounds. Tropical rain forest at its best. Check it out here……….
Things to do -Roatan – Butterfly Garden
There are over 700 varieties of butterflies in Honduras which is about what they have in all of the United States. Many of the tourism ‘farms’ that they have in North America actually buy larvae about 40 miles from Roatan, near the city of LaCeiba. Right outside of West End Village is a very nice little Butterfly Garden that is …
Things to Do-Blue Harbor Tropical Arboretum
I have been asked many times about some of the best things about living in the Bay Islands and although there are many one that I am particularly fond of is the Blue Harbor Tropical Arboretum. Started by a couple of U.S. AID workers in the late ’90s it now is quite the sight to behold and when you visit …
Reality TV – Roatan on the radar screen
It seems the Bay Islands are popping up again on the radar screens in various reality TV shows like ‘House Hunters International’ and ‘Beach Front Bargain’ with a new one called ‘Half Priced Paradise’ that is also searching around for clients and Agents to film. From what I have heard ‘Beach Front Bargains’ just left our sister island Utila and …
Traveling with Pets to the Islands
Sorry it has been a while since the last post. I actually took a month off and went back to the states to visit children and grandchildren in the U.S. I hope to get back on task with these now and give you some more frequent updates. For those who missed it I did do a fairly lengthy Newsletter on …