Tela to Utila, Bay Islands

about 56 miles. 2.5 hours because of rain.
The road from Tela to La Ceiba was pretty straight forward, busy with local traffic. it finally rained on us so we ducked into a bus stop for about 20 minutes. it seemed to be letting up so we continued only to do the same thing 15 minutes later. We decided to just put on our rain pants and go. Eventuallyti stopped and we took off the rain gear tolet our Carharts dry out. the signs to La Ceiba are good. because the muelle/peir for the Utila ferry is out of town, we decied to go see what was going on there and if we could stay in a hotel close to the pier to save a taxi ride fromt he center the next morning. We decided to just leave the bike at the port for $6/day, uncoved but with a security entrance, and not pay for a hotel or stay in La Ceiba since we had no real desire to be there. We happen to arrive at 3 and the ferry left at 4. so we quickly did the paperwork to leave it, took of a box and the tank bag and filled them with need things, and left one box attached with uneeded things. we had to take our jackets and helmet and things instead of leaving them in a hotel but at least we got there a day earlier. We are hanging out on Utila for the week now. It's a backpacker seen for sure. Steve is doing his diving cert and I am getting some down time until we dive today. yipee.