Working on The List

Another gorgeous, lazy day on Utila!  We were both up about 7 am today.  Wow!  Andrew says he may be caught up on his sleep.  We'll see!  We had breakfast at home.  The coffee we make in this little beach house is really spectacular, I have to say.  Could be the French Press.  Could be the good dark-roast coffee I brought from home.  Could be the view and the fact that we have nothing else to do but enjoy it.   Could be the fact that they don't have half-and-half here, so we're forced to use heavy cream (hey, it's a sacrifice).  Though I'm sure I'll be sad to go back to plain old half-and-half, I know my waistline will thank me for it.  We spent the entire morning reading on the front porch.  With coffee.  It was heaven.  It's still windy as hell here but it keeps the bugs down and makes the temperatures bearable.  

About noon, we jumped on bikes and pedaled in to town.  We've only got a few days left to hit up the rest of the places on the list!  I didn't post this yesterday, but we stumbled on to a place called Che Pancho for a late lunch.  They had hot dogs!  I LOVE hot dogs.  I know it's not politically correct to say that out loud (because they contain heinous ingredients), but I do.  So help me, I do.  Not only did I get a hot dog, but they brought me out bowls containing house-made sauerkraut, relish & a tomato, pepper, onion mixture.  I loaded up my bun and was soon in hot dog heaven!  Oh, and did I mention that the hotdog + fries cost 75 lemps?  That's 3.75 US, people!  My only regret is that I didn't order two.  

With yesterday's hot dog still in mind, we went in search of what is supposed to be the best burger on the island - at Seven Seas.  Seven Seas is like most of the other restaurants on the island - small & rustic.  Lots of locals arrived for lunch.  In fact, we seemed to be the only people there who didn't walk directly in to the kitchen with our own plate, and reappear with it heaped and wrapped in foil.  I can only imagine those plates contained what was advertised as "Lunch" on the menu.  Cost = 100 lemps ($5).  Tempting as it was, we were there for the burger so that's what we ordered.  Cost of the two bacon cheeseburgers with fries & two pop was 290 lemps (including tax and tip), or about $14.50.   The burgers were good, but not nearly so good as what we had at Munchies, I have to say.  Oh well, now we know.  And so do you.  No picture.  Just imagine pretty much any burger and fries you've seen at Applebees or the like.  

After lunch, we went for a swim to cool off.  Despite the wind, it's warm in the sun - especially when you're pedaling a bike for a couple of miles.  Andrew snorkeled for about an hour, and I played around in the waves.  It's too rough for me to snorkel today!  

We had a beautiful dinner at home on the deck -  pasta & screwdrivers made from the last of our fresh OJ.  A great end to a very, very good day.