Hi,
My family and I traveled to Tela from Tegucigalpa a couple of weeks ago
and found it to be quite safe. The new tourists police have made a big
difference in Tela and to my knowledge there have been no crime
incidents with tourists in over a year. Obviously, that's a much better
record than Atlantic City, NJ or Miami Beach USA. However, some common
sense is advisable alertness is advisable as in any tourist city. We
really enjoyed the Jeannette Kawas (Punta Sal) national park. There is
a beautiful beach a jungle trail and there is some snorkeling although
it is nearly as good as the islands Utila or Roataan. You can schedule
a boat ride to the park from hotels in Tela.
If you really want great snorkeling you will need to take a bus or van
to the dock (Mulle de Cabotage) in La Ceiba where you can catch a ferry
to Utila or Roatan. The Ferry is about 2 hours from Tela and the ferry
about an hour to the islands. One of the hotels in Tela can probably
arrange private transportation for you to Ceiba - possiiibly a taxi.or
van. You need to arrive at least half hour early to buy tickets for
the ferry. It is probably necessary to stay overnight in either island
to enjoy the snorkeling. There is a great snorkeling reef easily
accessible from the beach in West Bay Roataan. There is also a good
reef accessible from the small public park in Utila near the old
airport. (you need to walk across older dead reef to reach the live
reef)
Robert Myers
Tegucigalpa Honduras
On Mar 2, 2007, at 6:33 PM, mlhsie wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to find this travel group ;-)
>
> Me and my husband we just booked for a trip to Tela. We wanted to go
> to Roatan at the beginning but there wasn't any availability left for
> organized tour. So we ended up booking for a hotel in Tela.
>
> After doing some research on the web, I've starting to get worried
> about safety in Tela. Is is really dangerous to walk around in town?
>
> We're wondering also if snorkeling is good by the beach in Tela? Since
> we didn't find to some good references for snorkeling in Tela on the
> web...
>
> If we want to go to Roatan, how can we go from Tela and how many time
> will it take?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Min Lin
>
>
>
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