In the jungle of Honduras, near Guatemala, the ancient Mayan ceremonial site Copán has stone-carved hieroglyphics and stelae, tall stone monuments. Offshore lie the Bay Islands, part of a massive barrier reef, which are popular for scuba diving.
Honduras is a Central American country with Caribbean Sea coastlines to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south (via the Gulf of Fonseca). In the jungle near Guatemala, the ancient Mayan ceremonial site Copán has stone-carved hieroglyphics and stelae, tall stone monuments. Offshore lie the Bay Islands, part of a massive barrier reef, which are popular for scuba diving.
Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras
Thailand offers world-class diving in the protected waters of the Similan Islands and Burma Banks where colorful reefs and dramatic underwater landscapes harbor a plethora of exotic marine life.
Komodo island, part of the Lesser Sunda chain of Indonesian islands, is the rugged habitat of the 3m-long Komodo dragon monitor lizard whose surrounding waters of seagrass beds, mangrove shrublands and coral reefs are famous for diving.
Tonga is home to the laid-back, rural capital of Nuku'alofa, as well as beach resorts, plantations and the Ha'amonga trilithon, a Stonehenge-like coral gate from the 1200s.
Saint Lucia is known for its gorgeous beaches and reef-diving sites, as well as its interior rainforests which are abundant with waterfalls such as at Toraille.
