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Utila, Honduras 2024
In April of 2024, I went to Utila, Honduras. I was motivated to go because my 20-year-old son, Fin was living there. Utila is known for its scuba diving. I wanted to learn how to do that too. Of course, there is always photography. I wanted to bring back a feeling of what the island was like.
Unfortunately, there were problems. On my second day, Fin and I took a hike to Pumpkin Hill. It is the tallest spot on the island. It was hot and very humid. That never changed the whole stay. Just as we got to the top my camera started acting weird. I was losing part of the electronics. Then the whole camera shut down. When I returned to my hotel room the camera would not respond to any of the recommended remedies. And so, it went for about a week. Everyday I would put the card and the battery in to see if it would come back to life. Finally, after a week it did.
For the rest of the stay before I would take the camera out of my air-conditioned room, I would put it in a plastic bag inside my camera bag and set it outside for thirty minutes or so. This seemed to solve the condensation problem. I also had to keep backup batteries with me. It seemed I had to keep changing them to keep it running.
I did lose some camera time, but I was overjoyed that the camera came back to life. There are some things I wish I was able to photograph. This is what I did get to photograph.
As for the trip itself, it was awesome. I met people from all over the world and engaged in interesting conversations. I learned to scuba dive with the help of really good instructors (including Fin). Saw some amazing things underwater. I want to learn how to take high quality photographs down under. I got to spend time with my son and share in some of his life.