Many of you know I planned to travel to Spain, and I did.  So, what does the Ukraine have to do with Spain.  My two roommates are Ukrainian. They traveled down from Lithuania where they go to an American University.  They speak English and had to pass an English test at a level 4 to... Continue Reading →

I have been in Florida the last month re-reading old journals I have kept over the years, about 20 in total, and am astonished at the stories I have from previous travels and decided to include these in my blog until my next trip. I leave March 5 to an undisclosed location for 5 weeks... Continue Reading →

When the banana companies heard about my shady banana scheme of selling their gifted bananas on the black market, they asked us to leave.  Actually, our contract ended and we had to move on. With no new contract on the horizon, we decided to head back to Columbia, Missouri where we always kept a home... Continue Reading →

On my typical morning walk around the island, before the heat and humidity take over, I pass multiple coconut, almond, mango, breadfruit and of course banana trees. Some bananas as small as your thumb and others called plantain, triple the size of a regular banana. We eat plantain fried, baked, or boiled. It is a... Continue Reading →

Utila has a new cat house.  Two of the young female divers from Austria told me about it and said the owners were having a hard time finding workers. I went down to check it out and liked it so much I told them I would volunteer an hour or so a day just for... Continue Reading →

 Dr John arrived in Utila twenty years ago, hungry for a nice break from practicing medicine in the USA.  As with most visitors I speak to, he heard about this small island from a friend of a friend and liked the idea of an off beaten path where no one would know him. Born and... Continue Reading →

Merry Christmas! Sharing some Utila photos for you holiday pleasure! So many priate bars to choose from!!! Finding the Pirate of my dreams! Complete with a gold earring in his ear that is hard to see. He has all his teeth which is a plus! He gave me a ride on his motorcycle. I could... Continue Reading →

Sharing some Utila photos for you holiday pleasure! So many priate bars to choose from!!! Finding the Pirate of my dreams! Complete with a gold earring in his ear that is hard to see. He has all his teeth which is a plus! He gave me a ride on his motorcycle. I could not drink... Continue Reading →

I board the “Miss Tamara” dive boat- yes that is really the name.  Trudy’s son and daughter in law, Jernigan and Naida, are good friends. 35 years ago they had a baby girl they named after me, Tamara, and later her Dad,Jernigan, built a dive boat for her, the Miss Tamara.  When I board the... Continue Reading →