Return to Utila

For our last day at Cayos Cochinos we decided against snorkeling in the morning, so we relaxed on the boat while Helen prepared breakfast. Rusty did go a for a snorkel though, and (of course) he managed to find the octopus home, with the circle of shells around it. After having some food, omelet, toast and coffee we were supposed to start heading back into Utila, except that the boat was not exactly cooperating. The Brazer was having problems first with a fuel line, and then with the rudder control, which could obviously be a big problem if all of a sudden we would find ourselves in open water with no control over our direction. Rusty spent over an hour patching and fixing the boat, fixing leaks while new ones appeared; eventually he gave the all clear, and after a test run in the bay, we ventured out to sea. Having learned from our previous sailing experience, we all took gravol so that there will not be any incidents on the way back, so we were all very relaxed. I managed to read an entire book by the time we pulled into East Harbour, Utila, in the early afternoon. We pulled into the marina and Helen prepared a quick lunch before we loaded our bags into the dinghy and Rusty took us to the main island. We said our goodbyes by the Sandy Point beach, then took the quick walk to Margaritaville Beach Hotel, where we left our bags and headed into town.

At the main intersection, we stopped in to say hello to the Captain Morgan´s team, and we immediately felt like part of the family. We felt so welcomed, and Steve informed us that we returned at the right time, as the following sunday they were throwing a BBQ and a party around the swimming test of the DMTs. We also saw Brian, who was feeling a bit down since he forgot his backpack at a bar the night before, and now he was stuck without a passport and had to go all the way to Tegucigalpa to have it replaced. For dinner, we returned to Evelyn´s BBQ, but this time around they did not have lobster to Josh´s immense disappointment, though Evelyn did suggest trying the Conch instead. We all ended up having seafood (Marisa and I had tuna skewers), but the next morning we learned the food did not really agree with us. We returned to the hotel early, since we had to catch the dive boat first thing in the morning to get back to Hotel Kayla on Jewel Cay.