Return to Roatan, Honduras
I’m back in Roatan, the largest of the 3 Bay Islands off the north coast of Honduras. I was here with my mom and sister at the end of last March / beginning of April earlier in the year, and now I’m here with Ryan for 2 weeks. We’re staying at Las Rocas, which is on the northwestern end of West Bay Beach, not far from Foster’s, the place I stayed during my last visit. Our ‘Value Bungalow’ room at Las Rocas has a queen bed and a single bed, a mini fridge, wireless internet (for a flat fee of $35 per stay), and a bathroom. The bathroom sucks: the hot water in the shower smells really strongly of sulfur, like overpoweringly strong, and the toilet is constantly running. On the plus side, we have our own porch with a hammock and breakfast is included. Breakfast consists of unlimited coffee and a buffet of cereal, yogurt, pastries, and fresh fruit, plus a hot plate that changes daily (so far we’ve seen scrambled eggs with sausage, ham omelets, baleadas, pancakes with bacon, and the tipico plate – fried plantains + beans + white cheese).
The food at the Las Rocas restaurant is pretty tasty, and they have some good deals, like $7 margarita pizza, $7 fish quesodillas, an $8 chicken sandwich with fries, and a six pack of Salva Vida, the local beer, for $8 during happy hour.
Besides spending a lot of time lounging around Las Rocas and reading in the hammock while Ryan works, I’ve been sunbathing and swimming daily.
We also went snorkeling one afternoon. I’m hoping to get diving certified while I’m here, if possible.
It’s been very hot here. Internet weather sites say there’s a heat index of 105, but I don’t think it’s quite that hot. The evenings have been stormy, with thunder and lightning.
We haven’t seen any super great sunsets yet (I think the sunsets on Gili Air spoiled us), but we got some cool pictures anyway.
We made friends with a derpy momma cat, and have been feeding her daily. She’s very sweet and has the cutest tiny kittens.
There have been some reports of crime while we’ve been here. The other night 3 girls were robbed while walking between West Bay Beach and West End. The next day, a bartender/chef in West End was shot, but we don’t know how that played out.
Oh, also I got baptized. Yep, you read that right. I saw some other people getting baptized in the ocean in front of Foster’s and figured I may as well. Why the hell not, right?
Giddyup baptism time! Yeeehaww!
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I was just searching for photos of Las Rocas and I saw the little cat photo in my GIS. My husband and I saw her on our Honeymoon in March. Glad to see she’s still around 🙂
Although the island is great, there seems to be no conservation effort on the part of the islanders to educate the tourists. Tourists were walking out of the ocean with handfulls of starfish and sea fans and stomping around on the nearby coral reefs. Very sad. And the bathrooms did suck. The gunshots we heard one night sucked more. Breakfast was great though. Hope you had a “monkey lala”. Great underwater photos BTW. What type of camera is that? Thanks!
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