Honduras

The second stop on our cruise was Isla Roatan, Honduras. The port was at a newly built resort called Mahogany Bay. It was SO hot and humid here! As our ship was backing up to the island I went out on our balcony to take a picture and the humidity fogged up the camera lens. It was like trying to breath in a steam room!

We planned to go on a Snuba excursion at Gumbalimba Park Resort which was on the other side of the island. We had to take a shuttle to get there. We went from one lovely resort, through the poverty ridden downtown and neighborhoods to another lovely resort, which we we going to Snuba at. The ride there was very humbling. It made me feel bad to be enjoying such a lovely vacation while there was such impecuniousness surrounding me. All of the locals we met were so friendly and eager to share their beautiful surroundings with us. It was really a great experience!

We spent several hours at the resort. We went on the Snuba excursion, swam in the pool, explored the surrounding greenery and just took in the laid-back-ness of the place. We took loads of shots with the waterproof camera, so I am really excited to get them developed and share them!

After leaving Gumbalimba, we headed back to Mahogany Bay to do a little souvenir shopping and take some pictures of the actual pirate ships that were rotting in the bay. It was so hot there that we didn't stick around for too long. We grabbed up a few buys and then dashed back to the ship to collapse in the air conditioning.

There are a few other little details I wanted to share about our Snuba experience, but I figure that they'll be funner to hear about accompanied by some pictures we took, so stay tuned!