Bay Island Honduras

November 12 2008. Wayed anchor at 5 am It looked like it would rain. By 10 am the water was alost flat and a beautiful azure blue. Guatemala had been left behind and we were in Hondurian water Our course was parrelall with the shipping lane. Kuring the morning we spotted 4 frieghters and a US Coast Guard cutter. Looking at the coastline in the distance you can see Honduras has a rugged mountianous terrian similar to Guatemala.At 2 pm Gil decided he didn't like the noise coming from the prop shaft. So we stopped and he dove in to see if anything was loose. 10 minutes later we were under way agian with only about 10 miles to go to our next anchorage. The anchor was set in the Bay of Honduras in a large harbor called Puerto Es Con Dido. There were craggy mountians in the entrance with a few outcroppings of rock to go through, but once we were inside it opened up to this idylic bay that was protected on all sides. Our anchor was dropped in fifteen feet of crystal clear water. About 20 minutes later three young boys who were fishing outside of the bay came in to visit us. My sanish is poor but we communicated well enough. After the boys left Gil and I went for a small dinghy tour around the harbor. Sunset was pleasant with a couple sundowners while we listended to the howler monkeys in the tree canopy until the went ot sleep.