Amapala

This past weekend, 9 friends and I went on a trip to Amapala, an island on the southern coast of Honduras. We had a TON of fun and saw some amazing things. It’s not a very touristy place because the beaches are all black sand due to the volcano on the island. I was like SICK black sand! But white sand beaches are definitely way better haha. The island is absolutely beautiful, but it’s beauty has been clouded over due to the outrageous amounts of garbage everywhere. I saw lots of garbage floating in the water and on the beach. It’s different to see garbage on the streets every day, but seeing 2 liters floating in the pacific ocean definitely made me kinda sad. We stayed in a hotel for the weekend with meals included. It was super cheap and had a pool (filled with dead bugs :) but it was a lot of fun.

The first day there we went to La Playa Grande, the larger of the beaches and spent a relaxing afternoon in the ocean, eating fish, and napping in hammocks. It was so great.

My favorite part of the day though was the cave! There was a cave on the north side of the beach that we had to swim to in order to get in. It wasn’t too deep of shore so if you were careful yo could walk holding a camera an a flashlight above your head. The cave was fairly small and FILLED with bats. The whole thing was full of water, so we were up to our chests in water. Super cool.

The second day we climbed the mountain/volcano on the island. We left at 7, before it got too hot, and it took us probably like 3 or 4 hours to climb. The view at the top was amazing! From the top you could see water and islands all around. It was incredible. The trail was way cool too because it was through a super tropical forest with like a million butterflies.