Roatan, Honduras is 65 kilometers off the mainland coast of Honduras. It is part of Honduras but as opposed to the mainland which is Spanish-speaking, everyone on Roatan has English as a first language. English-speaking ex-pats are everywhere on the island as it is a one-time British possession and today, a place that many British, American and Canadian citizens have found a tropical home or second home. The economy of the island is sustained by the tourist industry and a big part of that is the cruise ship traffic that stops at this port. When we anchored, there were two other cruise ships already there, one of which was the Riviera, the Marina's identical twin sister. Roatan wisely invested in a very nice cruise ship terminal with room to dock one ship. A big Norwegian ship had the dock on that day. The Marina and Riviera were anchored and had to tender their passengers into the terminal. The terminal includes a fancy shopping mall with bars, restaurants and stores of all descriptions.
Gym made it to the shopping mall but for the first time ever, he missed a scheduled shore excursion. He only had enough energy to pick up some pepto bismol and ibuprofen at the drug store and return to the Marina. Its too bad because Gym had planned on some snorkeling and wanted to check the island to see if there was any nice resorts. We will have to come back to get a better look at the island. Maybe its a perfect beach getaway.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Gym had a date with a dolphin. She was initially hesitant about the Dolphin outing, as she had heard rumors that these ones were the "big kind of dolphins". And let's face it Dolphins do have teeth, right?! But when she got back to the boat with the report for her husband she declared the outing to be a most excellent adventure (the pictures tell the whole story). Mrs. Gym also was able to snap a few pics of some posh ex-pat cribs on her way to her date.
That night the Marina would pull up its anchor and leave Roatan with the next stop being the small country of Belize.
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| MS Riviera right beside us. |
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| A bar at the Cruise Ship Terminal |
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| The drug store was just down the way. |
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| A beautiful spring-time scene. |
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| The walkway to the dolphin date. |
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| This is where the date went down. |
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| A nice ex-pat crib. |
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| Another Ex-pat home |
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| And another |
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| Entertainment on the dock as passengers go back to their ships |
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| And finally, we introduce you to the date, Maury! |
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| It got fresh! |
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