Priceless!!! Roatan, Honduras

27 July 2011


Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

Today was an incredibly beautiful day. It was hot, but not as humid as yesterday in Costa Maya. We learned some things today.

1. Roatan is an island in the Bay Islands chain off the coast of Honduras.

2. The people are friendly and love Americans.

3. This is a great place to see jungles and for adventure tours.

We hired a 7-passenger van today with a private guide for all of us for the entire day. Cost was $140 for all of us!!! What a deal! We piled into the van and took off with Trent as our driver and Allen as our guide. Trent is a huge country music fan and was so excited to know that we were from Nashville.

We had two things on our “wish list” to do today – go to a beautiful beach so the kids could snorkel and take Maeve zip-lining. Wishes granted.

We went up to the North shore of Roatan where the beaches reminded us of Playa del Carmen in the 80s. There are some beautiful condos there and the air lift into Roatan is getting better by the month. Prices are also really good. Maeve instantly was in the water with her snorkel and told us about all the fish she had seen, including the sturgeon.

Then, we went to the best zipline on the island. Maeve and Angela, my daughter, were the only two who ziplined, but it was priceless to see them fly 200 feet above the jungle. They were back and forth at 13 stops for 45 minutes. Great day. Great activities.

This island is so friendly and the people so warm and genuine. We didn’t feel pressured by anyone to buy anything. We felt safe. This was our sleeper on this cruise. Going to an unknown place and finding it to be such a delightful place is wonderful.

Oh, and if you want Trent and Allen as your driver and guide, we have their email addresses and can arrange a private tour for you. More tomorrow from Belize.