I have no idea.

They have medical facilities on the island that can get your care started, and if a trip to the mainland is needed, there are boats and private planes they can mobilize to get you there.

I have a friend in Utila and she wants me to come visit. I’d love to visit, however I have an impaired immune system. All in all I’m very healthy (knock on wood), but if I get a fever of 101 degrees F then my protocol is to go to the nearest Emergency Room and get treated to ensure it’s nothing serious.

With this in mind, do you have any idea on what my “exit strategy” would be if I got a fever and needed to go to the ER immediately? I’m assuming I’d need to fly to San Pedro Sula but not sure how that would work if I get a fever at say the middle of the night? I’m hitting you with a “worst case scenario” so no worries if you dont have an answer.

Yeah, your money will go a lot further in Honduras than Florida. 😉

Heck I’m paying $1550 a month in rent here in florida! Thank you for the info brother, very helpful. I’ve been checking out your site, and it’s such a great thing you guys are experiencing, inspiring! Expect my comments and questions here and there.

We haven’t been there in 5 years, but it was easy to find a place to rent from between $300-500/month for a decent place. Electricity is expensive. We didn’t use A/C so our bill was lower. I would plan on at least $150/month for that, MUCH more if you have A/C. We spent less than $100/week on groceries for the 2 of us. Most places include WiFi, but we paid $15/month extra to have faster internet (and I’m pretty sure it didn’t really cost that much). We had our laundry done by a service and that was probably around $3-5 each time. You can walk everywhere, but if you do decide to take a tuk-tuk taxi it’s about $2 to get from one end of the island to the other. I think I paid $10/month for cell phone with a data package, but I can’t swear to that.

I didn’t have any problems with getting money on the island. There are 2 ATMs, and my banks are both US based. I know expats who use the local banks and have 1 account in dollars and another in lempiras. I never saw a need to open a local account, though.

Mail is picked up at the post office. There is no delivery. For the most part mail is reliable, but like everywhere in Central America it has its moments. It’s also hard to get FedEx deliveries to the island. Often you have to pick it up in La Ceiba or pay a special courier.