Caribbean Cruise: Honduras

Another trip to the elevator to see what day it is. If it is Thursday, we must be getting ready to port in Honduras. The port is located at Mahogany Bay on the Island of Roatan. There is a beach area just off the dock which you can walk to from the ship. We had scheduled an excursion and had a little time to kill so we walked to the beach. The first beach shots are the beaches near the port. The last beach pictures were taken at a resort on the Island of Roatan.

The tour we signed up for was called "Far and Away Tour". It was about a 45 minute drive to the resort and it started out being a pleasant drive. Unfortunately, it started to rain so we didn't have good picture taking weather the rest of the day. Part of the way the roads were in pretty good shape--2 lane black top. However, we had to get off the main road and travel about 14 km to the resort. The road was dirt and gravel and mostly 1 lane and no shoulders.

We arrived at the resort and the owners had some local dancers perform for us. She also had a lunch waiting for us which was good. We were supposed to set on the deck to watch the performance, but, it started raining again and we had to move inside. After the performance, we walked to the beach area and then around the end of the Island. Looks like it would be a very good vacation spot if you wanted a quiet relaxing vacation on the beach. The restaurant was very well maintained and the owner and entire staff were very friendly.

We finally returned to the port and we walked around the shopping area and visited some of the shops. We bought some Honduran coffee beans to bring back with us. If the coffee tastes as good as the beans smell, it will be great coffee.


We went back to our rooms to rest and get ready for dinner. After dinner, we went to the Show room at Sea to watch part of a comedian show before going to the Piano Bar to listen to WT Greer. The crowd gets bigger every night and the bar is packed. The crowd is standing 4 deep outside the bar to listen to the performance. WT's performance tonight was songs from the 50's and 60's. As usual, the performance was great.

After the show we went to the Chocolate Extravaganza, a late night treat that they have one of the nights of the cruise. Just about all of the deserts are made from chocolate or have chocolate in them. There were many ice carvings placed throughout the Lido deck. They also had carvings made from watermelons, carrots, etc which were gorgeous .

After partaking of some of the deserts, we wen back to our rooms to get ready for an early arrival in Costa Maya, Mexico and a tour to another Mayan ruin.