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Hyperlinks will take you to highlights of the day (These are our rough daily notes. To read our full adventure, contact us to be notified when our book gets published. Red text indicates Visa Renewal. Distances are in nautical miles. One nautical mile is 1.853 kms or 1.151 statute miles.

Omoa to La Ceiba - August 1999

Place of Interest	Latitude North	Longitude West	Distance in N. Miles	Days (kayak)	Date (Arriving)
Omoa	15.467	88.028
Puerto Cortes	15.52	87.565	8	1+(1)	8/09/99
Punta Ulua	15.555	87.565	12	1	8/11/99
Laguna Diamante	15.543	87.38	6	1	8/12/99
Punta Sal	15.555	87.36	2.5	3+(1)	8/13/99
Laguana Micos	15.495	87.335	8	0	8/14/99
Tela	15.47	87.472	12	1+(2)	8/14/99
Punta Izopo	15.51	87.225	8	1	8/17/99
La Ceiba	15.4761	86.4733	39	2	8/19/99
Total			95.5

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Rio Platano Biosphere - September 1999

Palacios	15.57	84.56	Distance N. M
Playplaya	15.557	84.522	5
Raista	15.536	84.466	7
Platano	15.526	84.42	8
Kuri			3
Canal - Platano			1.5
Las Marias	15.405	84.505	30
Canal - Platano			30
Kuri			1.5
Raista	15.536	84.466	5
Total			91
Grand Total			186.5

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La Ceiba to Nicaragua - April-May 2000

Place of Interest	Latitude North	Longitude West	Distance in Nautical Miles	Date (Arriving)
HONDURAS
La Ceiba
Punta Catchabutan (camp1)	15.49	86.305	16	3/31/00
Camp 2	15.5215	86.133	8	4/01/00
Punta Betulia	15.5425	86.075	7
Trujillo	15.562	85.574	10	4/02/00 - 1d
Puntas Caxinas	16.016	86.006	6.5
Camp 3	16	85.511	9	4/04/00
Santa Rosa de Aguan	15.572	85.422	9
Limon	15.528	85.3075	12.5
Camp 4	15.51	85.2677	4	4/05/00
Camp 5	15.5262	85.1995	6.5	4/06/00
Camp 6	15.5653	85.0816	13	4/07/00
Iriona	15.568	85.077	0.5
Cabo Camaron lt. house	15.592	85.027	6
Palacios Entrance	15.573	84.555	8
Palacios	15.572	84.565	1	4/08/00
Plaplaya	15.557	84.532	4.5
Raista	15.536	84.466	6	4/09/00
Rio Platano	15.535	84.422	6
Barra de Brus Laguna	15.529	84.387	4.5
Brus	15.463	84.322	10	4/10/00
Camp 7	15.495	84.29	8.5	4/11/00
Patuca	15.485	84.178	12	4/12/00
Camp 8	15.399	84.07	14	4/13/00
Camp 9	15.285	83.54	18	4/14/00
Yahurabila	15.258	83.505	4.5
Puerto Lempira	15.16	83.462	10.5	4/15/00
Total 1			216 N. Miles	Visa - La Ceiba, 8d
Puerto Lempira
Caquira Entrance	15.183	83.462	8.5
Caquira	15.19	83.355	2.5	5/02/00
Canco B	15.1688	83.291	7
Canco C	15.1735	83.285	1
Canco D	15.153	83.281	2.1
Canco E	15.1511	83.276	0.5
Canco Village	15.156	83.277	0.5
Rio Cruta junction	15.137	83.277	3
Cruta Walpatara	15.135	83.239	2
Barra Cruta	15.15	83.228	2
Benk	15.05	83.195	10	5/03/00
Cabo Gracias a Dios	14.595	83.082	12
NICARAGUA
Total 2			51 N. Miles
Total distance from La Ceiba to Nicaragua:   267 nautical miles  - (494 kilometers)

These distances are GPS data, they do not take in consideration the drifting, ferry angles and times we paddled slightly off course.

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1 km = 0.62 statute miles   /   1 statute mile = 1.61 kilometers 1 Nautical Mile = 1.85 km   /    1km = 0.54 Nautical Miles 1 Nautical Mile = 1.15 miles (statute)   /    1 mile (statute) = 0.87 N. Miles

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