Plantation Bay

... a few days in San Jose. We plan on relaxing on the beach, doing a zip-line tour through the jungle, visiting a coffee plantation/volcano and having an amazing time! I booked my flight and applied to volunteer in June, and now it's only four months ...

Plantation Bay ...

... out that our flight home was cancelled due to technical problems grounding our plane!  Gillian in the meantime (back earlier from her Plantation house tour) managed to move the Aer Lingus flight at a cost of 180 stlg.  I got back to the ship ...

... cho-cho (sugar-cane) train around and saw some pineapples as well as some very strange fruit from all over the world. Naturally, the plantation also had a small feeding zoo which sold a bag of grass for .$50 that allowed Angie to feed a donkey, horses, a ...

... ’t have much to say and there were no tastings going on. They were really nice though and let me walk around their plantation. Their house is really big with a spectacular aerial view of the vines. They were preparing for a wedding when I was there ...

... This got us to Coff's Harbour, home of The Big Banana. I think Aussies from far and near make a pilgrimmage to this banana plantation-turned-amusement park because it seemed to be a pretty big deal.  It was closed both days we were there, like Wally ...

We left Coffs Harbour and made a quick stop at the 'Big Banana' - a banana plantation cum tourist attraction. We only stayed a short while but predictably bought some banana's! We drove up the highway until the turning for Lennox Head. The views ...

... Once through customs, we quickly gathered our bags and located the driver that would be transferring us to our first resort, Palmetto Bay Plantation.  Our driver was very courteous and offered to stop at the supermarket so we could stock up on food ...

... from the prior evening picking up all she could.  We spent the remainder of the morning exploring the Palmetto Bay Plantation admiring the amazing flora, and photographing the lizards, butterflies, crabs, and hummingbirds.   The previous night, ...

... is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands at 36 miles long and has several distinct towns and communities.  I stayed at Keifitos Plantation Resort, which was few minutes walk down the beach from "West End," the nightlife center of the island, and a ...

... say enough good things about this place, if you like watching wildlife this is a top spot to go! This place was a Palm Tree plantation, but the owner had saved some of the forest and mangroves for his Eco tourism experiment. I was more than happy to spend ...

... -wood encased bay windows overlook the ocean spread out right below this air-conditioned restaurant, reminiscent of old colonial plantation houses. Feast on refined Jamaican dishes in a splendid setting, enhanced by our signature white-glove service." ...

... drinks and watched the moray eels and barracudas and finished off this semi-eventful day at a floating restaurant at Half Moon Bay.  Roatan is supposedly a great diving destination and especially for the American market as the journey to and from ...

... an email or put a message in facebook. Thanks. Otherwise I will KISS = keep it short and simple! Roatan Islands belong to the Bay Islands in Honduras and we stayed on the main island at West Bay where there are several lovely beaches. One of them is ...

On the river cruise in Guatemala the Irish told us that they had heard the Bay of Islands were the cheapest in the world for diving certs. We were skeptical at first as we were under the impression that PADI had set pricing around the world, so you can ...

... morning swim west of West End before Andy got up. 1000 rendezvous with Dave and the Perth boozers to go snorkelling at West Bay. Took a water taxi there, many fat-assed Yanks around. My snorkelling equipment mess up this time was the mask fitted too tight ...

... inside and the sumptuous formal  landscaping outside are unforgettable, as much as the tales of intrigue and cruelty of the plantation owner are revolting. Rare flowers in bloom adorn the grounds among the exotic tropical trees, a few steps from the ...

The inventory said that on the wayt to Coral Bay, we would stop at a Banna plantation in Carnavon and have some frozen chocolate bannanas. Apparently the inventory was wrong and this wasnt the plan, but our lovely tour guide Chris, improvised at stopped ...

... the Big Banana and fill it with banana related things such as sweet shops, banana shaped kids ride, a walk through the banana plantation, a Dry Ski Slope, toboggan run and ice rink. What these last three have to do with bananas I will never know. ...