Well 2020 has been a crazy year not only for Utila, the Island, also the country of Honduras. With Covid-19 closures of the island from March 16, 2020 until mid-September, the tourism industry was hit very hard, and will be
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Now I know Thanksgiving is an American tradition on THIS day, and I’m Canadian, and our Thanksgiving was last month. However, what I love about this day is that it can be celebrated by everyone, everywhere on every day. It’s
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Tropical Storm Iota Update
Here’s this afternoon’s Hurricane Iota update, both the spaghetti model & NOAA’s predictions (4pm EST). On the NOAA graph, M denotes a Major Hurricane, whereas we’ve often just seen H for Hurricane. This is worse! The cold front north of
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Tropical Storm Iota – Utila Update
This Utila Update was going to be about travel & real estate but I changed it this morning to talk about Tropical Storm Iota. Hurricane Eta just passed us and left a path of devastation and severe flooding on the
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COVID-19 to date
COVID-19 UPDATE as of 1 April 2020: Suspected cases sent for testing: 23 Outcome of tests: All negative Pending tests: 1 from Roatan, 1 from Santa Guardiola Roatan First of all, we are extremely grateful that to date, there are
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From Toronto to Paris – My 1st Half Century
Landing in Dallas yesterday from the RE/MAX R4 Convention in Las Vegas, and disembarking from the train to baggage claim, there were seven time zones and some pretty cool paintings as I exited the train. I was surprised to
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Corporate Tax Amnesty
First of all, I’m going to preface this post to say that “I am not an attorney, nor an accountant, and you should consult a professional for further information”. What I write below is what my real estate broker brain
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Kid’s First Pumpkin Carving in Utila!
Raising kids on a Caribbean island means they may miss some traditions from back home. However, when you have amazing friends like Mark and Tamara (really mostly Tamara, but Mark entertained Dad, so I guess he gets some credit), they
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Cayos Cochinos – Twice in One Week!
What do we do when vacationing from the Caribbean and Island Life? Go to other islands like Cayos Cochinos, or the Hog Islands in english. I know, life is tough for us. So this is how we spent our Christmas
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