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Roatan Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Roatan, Honduras
Learning to Dive in Paradise
... to Calgary to catch our flight. We spent the night in Houston and then we were back at the airport nice and early for our flight to Roatan, Honduras. Thur May 28 Once we made it to the island we tried to figure out the buses to the town of West End. The ...
Honduras
... ) genomen. De rit duurde zoīn 12 uur. Ik had eigenlijk nog mazzel dat ik de bus kon nemen. Het bleek dat een groep uit Honduras de gehele bus afgehuurd had. Ook al is het een soort van openbaar vervoer, het kan allemaal in Honduras. Om 04.15 stond ik als ...
A heartbreaking day...
We had a GREAT morning interacting with, learning about, and snorkeling with the dolphins. You can meet and snorkel with the dolphins at a resort right down the beach from our house. From the resort dock you take a boat ride out to a small island ...
By land and by sea to the East end of the Island
Breaking from our state of doing nothing, we actually make a plan to take an entire day to go of the opposite end of the island. We meet a colorful local guide called Jimmy, who was born and raised on the island, moved to Los Angeles, and then came ...
Bliss in the Bay Islands
... his gun. We felt safe though as he had just told us he was now down to just the 1 pint of rum a day!! Whilst in Roatan John completed his PADI open-water scuba diving course. He did 4 dives, the deepest was to 18 metres. The coral here is fantastic ...
The Bay Islands - Utila
... regret it. But now I know I can do it again another time. We ran into tons of Canadians. Most were only in honduras for 2 weeks. They bought really cheap flights... this gives me confidence that I can come back and do it another time. So we ...
A Warm Utila Welcome...
Utila is a mostly transient island with SCUBA Diving at it's soul. Divers come to Utila from all around the world because the instruction is good, the reef is great, and the diving prices are some of the cheapest anywhere. People who stay for ...
Snorkel, World's Best Baleadas
... and raised in the neighborhood, but went to high school in Boston. Two years after hight shcool he returned to live here in Roatan with his family. He was very friendly and was very adamant that we check out his neighborhood and the local lifestyle. ...
THE UGLIEST AMERICAN Reef Madness
... that damn Scotch Bonnet Pepper sauce, so good, so bad, and soooooo painful in all the wrong places. So word of Roatan's party all night atmosphere have been painfully exaggerated. Nights have been sedate and maybe that's OK. Last night, the sparsely ...
Volunteering, Snorkel, dinner out, VB
Today we had planned to go paddleboarding again. We went to the place where we had pre-paid for multiple hours, but they looked closed... in the middle of the day. We finally asked someone working at the restaurant next door and she said they ...
WEDDINGS, PIRATES AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA
... beach ,which somewhat defeated the object of this stunning beach. The upside of our time here were the guests from Guatemala, Honduras and a wedding party with people from the USA and Honduras who were great fun and invited us to join in the ...
Private habitations on Island of Carribbean ilk
... speaking Carribbean island. I made plans to leave the Garifuna garrison of good times. Tim and Ben came with me and we made for El Salvador, we donīt know why and we donīt know what for (WHEY), but we went, stopping in Gracias, Honduras on the way. BYE ...
Key Lime Pie and Salva Vida's
... seem to be any "adopt-a-beach" or other clean up programs to remove debris likely from the cruise ships or the mainland Honduras, that washed ashore from the shoreline past our resort's beach. It could be because we were quite isolated from "civilization" ...
NEW YEAR 2007!!
............................................................ ...................... lly, if all goes well tomora i will have a padi certification meanin i can dive in most places around the world.today i did my first deep dive and saw shit loadsa stuff ...
Caribeean dreaming
... - Mum!) Beginning to think how much time we have left before meeting Steve on the 14th. But we may have to leave Honduras by next Thursday anyways as it is the elections and i have a feeling that whoever loses will not accept the decision and there ...
Caraibisch eiland (Jo en Toon)
Hola we hebben gisteren eerst heel veel kou geleden op een veel te sjieke bus! het was echt afzien, stom he. nadien op de boot was het goed vasthouden want het weer was slecht en de zee ging nogal tekeer! dus we waren blij dat we er waren! eerst ...
Utila
... air of a fishing town-turned tropical tourist destination and the atmosphere is very laid back. It is also much much much cheaper than Roatan! I spent a lovely three days on this odd but beautiful caye of the coast of Utila. It is the site of a fishing ...
Adios Utila
I am now a PADI certified Open Water Diver, if you please. I cannot actually believe it myself as it was not an easy task. The first day in the water was traumatic. In addition to Jeny and I, there was another guy ...
Itīs better, down here its wetter, take it from me
My original prediction of Ļi am only going to do one diveĻ, proved to be wildly inaccurate as today i have completed my 12th scuba dive, with 2 more to do tomorrow! I did 5 dives on my Open Water Certificate - the first being a ...
Caribbean paradise
Through Couch Surfing on the internet we managed to find a good deal to spend two weeks on a Caribbean island. We rented a small flat in a house owned by Mel, a Canadian, that was in Sandy Bay, a small local's village on the island. The apartment was ...
Shark Dive - NO Joshin'
July 19, 2007 No not the docile plankton-eating mamsy pamsy Whale Sharks. We are talking the real deal. Carribbean Reefs. Carnivores. Blood Lovers. This species is not the most dangerous kid on the shark block and ...
Hole In the Wall restaurant
We had planned on going to this restaurant since the day we got here and are finally making (with only 2 days left on our trip). We had originally planned to go by boat with our neighbor Mike, but each time he said the weather on the other side was ...
Pirate Island... Colombian Cartel Island
... . Machine Guns were everywhere. The "officers" at the road block were trying to match a photo of a guy that stole cocaine from them. Obviously, it was the Cartel that blocked the road. Roatan IS the wild west with a stubborn culture. ...
The Wedding
... gifts received from all of you - Thank you. We certainly didn't make it easy for you knowing that we would be leaving for Honduras soon after the wedding. From Bingaman's we drove to a beautiful bed & breakfast in Guelph were we would stay one night ...
On to Roatan
... some local fisherman. It was good to get back into salt water. Early the next morning—7 a.m.--we set out for Roatan, Honduras. We motored as there was no wind arriving at 11 a.m. On Thursday, May 19th. We anchored in Coxen ...
more and more diving
of brian and katerina.......of diving,,,,really diving........of sleeping on the dock of the bay. and of that baracuda taking that parrot fish.................and a turle to start and a little seahorse to complete the hour and of arriving with a ...
A great week in Roatan.
I spent the past week in Roatan. I arrived slightly late and in desperation to find a place to stay, I paid too much for what was actually a very nice room. I compounded it by getting comfortable and staying there the rest of the time. ...
We are Home
Hello All! Just a quick note to let you all know that Dave and I are back on Roatan...enjoying the beautiful weather and setting up our new home. We returned 2 days after the wedding and we have been busy working and we are now in our own place. ...
So ist es in der Karibik
Roatan ist die Insel, auf der wir im Moment sind. Allerdings ist unser Haus nicht dirket auf der Hauptinsel, sondern auf einer kleinen, vorgelagerten Insel direkt am Riff. Man kann hier nur mit dem Boot hin (Wassertaxi). Die kleine Insel besteht aus ca. ...
THE UGLIEST AMERICAN: Cock, Stalk,and Peril
... , but I'm pretty flocking far from HA HA LAND right now. There may be cock punching in my future. On a final note, Roatan is legendary for an infestation of sand flies that are vicious and everywhere. I am already covered in bites. Oh well, I ...