At the Cayos Cochinos, one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world, we discover them: cockroaches! The battle against these creatures, which can transmit diseases and trigger allergies, begins.
In the Cayos Cochinos Marine Protected Area, plastic bottles and other trash pile up in some places. Canadians Melanie and Eric rally 12 sailors and 23 locals to clean up the beach.
The Garifuna in the fishing village of Chachahuate on the Cayos Cochinos don’t just live from fishing. They’ve built a “restaurant row” on their small island. Behind the huts, entire families cook huge amounts of fish, plantains, and coconut rice with beans.
On Cayo Mayor, an American guides us across rough terrain to the village of East End. Garifuna live there – a people of Afro-Caribbean origin.
Instead of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, where we originally wanted to go, we land on the Pig Islands (Cayos Cochinos) of Honduras. We don’t see pigs here, but a Boa rosada – a Pink Boa that only exists here.
On the trip from Isla Mujeres in Mexico to Utila, Honduras, we almost get stuck in the strong Yucatan Current. It takes us forever to get past the island of Cozumel. A break in the surreal world of Punta Allen does us good, and dolphins bring us luck.
At the Cayos Cochinos, one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world, we discover them: cockroaches! The battle against these creatures, which can transmit diseases and trigger allergies, begins.
In the Cayos Cochinos Marine Protected Area, plastic bottles and other trash pile up in some places. Canadians Melanie and Eric rally 12 sailors and 23 locals to clean up the beach.
The Garifuna in the fishing village of Chachahuate on the Cayos Cochinos don’t just live from fishing. They’ve built a “restaurant row” on their small island. Behind the huts, entire families cook huge amounts of fish, plantains, and coconut rice with beans.
On Cayo Mayor, an American guides us across rough terrain to the village of East End. Garifuna live there – a people of Afro-Caribbean origin.
Instead of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, where we originally wanted to go, we land on the Pig Islands (Cayos Cochinos) of Honduras. We don’t see pigs here, but a Boa rosada – a Pink Boa that only exists here.
On the trip from Isla Mujeres in Mexico to Utila, Honduras, we almost get stuck in the strong Yucatan Current. It takes us forever to get past the island of Cozumel. A break in the surreal world of Punta Allen does us good, and dolphins bring us luck.
