This morning I sit in awe at a little restuarant table sipping a tropical smoothy next to our resort looking out onto the beautiful calm aqua blue ocean and sugary white sand. The scene never ceases to amaze me!! Week two was great in Jamaica! A highlight for us here is the beach as you can see by the pictures. Negril Beach is 7 miles long and never a dull moment. Many days we walk about 4 kms east along the beach. the Jamaicans selling their wares are fun and they are anxious to invite you to look. Wood carvings, beachwear, jewellery, massages, jerk chicken and everything you can imaagine are set out on the beach. As well many of the vendors trudge up and down the beach keen to make a sale. One of our ... read more

Today brings us near the end of our stay in Roatan. It was a fairly quiet week, but we seemed to do a little of everything. We had four days of cloud and rain off and on which made for puddles all over but we manged to survive! Other than that we have had the perfect tropical weather. A highlight for me on Roatan as you probably have gathered is the easily accessible and amazing snorkelling. I can't even count the number of times we've ventured into the beautiful blue ocean. With the reef within swimming distance all around the island, it's always ready and available. The water is crystal clear, the coral is beautiful and varied and there is an abundance of sea life. We've met some new friends who live on the island 6 ... read more

We've had another great week on Roatan. Each brings new discoveries and experiences! Early on in the week we took a water taxi to West Bay which is the next beach south of where we are living. The area is one of the loviest beaches we have seen with pure white sand and crystal clear water. The only down side is that it's very touristy with lots of resorts and hoards of people from the cruise ships spending the day. In saying that, you can't beat the superb snoreklling with the reef only 100 meters from the shore. The coral and fish were amazing. We enjoyed a lunch of conch ceviche and fries and taxied back around 5. It is interesting to watch the construction going on the main sand road in West End. They are ... read more

Hola from Honduras!! Hard to believe we have been away a week already. We've had a fantastic time so far - near perfect weather and climate and very friendly people. Our flight into San Pedro Sula on the mainland went smooth. We flew from Fort Lauderdle on Spririt Airlines which flies around the southern States, Central America and the Caribbean. Luckily our overnight hotel provided a shuttle from the airport as it is probably not the safest city to be wandering around in!! Villa Neuira was a former army barricks, heavily walled and guarded and turned into apartments with two gigantic pools whichwe lounged at the next morning. That afternoon we took a 16 passenger shuttle plane over to the island of Roatan. Lisa and Suart who manage our condo met us at the airport and ... read more