Blogs from Bay Islands, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 11

Our ride across the main land of Honduras to Roatan via the Galaxy Wave was a turning point in our adventure. We are back to what would be considered the "typical traditional vacation." Beaches, swimming, restaurants, shops - many other tourists and a selection of day tours. I won't go into too much detail about this leg of the trip because it's just that - a normal vacation (pictures posted in next blog). On the other hand, I will reflect and provide more details about the cities as it seems to have drummed up a lot of inquiries from concerned friends, family members. Now that you know we are back to normalcy and safe - here goes. Along the way, we enjoyed some touristy destinations such as Granada and San Juan Del Sur and then stopped ... read more

I have discovered that living in Roatan is all about the trade-offs, weighing the good against the laughably bad. Today is a perfect example of that. Yesterday in school, we ran out of water and consequently today had absolutely no running water. No running water usually means no washing hands, and no flushing toilets. Both of which are very important things, especially in elementary school. Trust me, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone (yes, I am aware that I live in a third world country where running water is a luxury. But it’s been a tough day. Please endure while I indulge in some melodrama). Today, instead of the normal glorious running water, teachers were given hand sanitizer and a bucket. The hand sanitizer took the place of hand washing, and the buckets ... read more

(note: This is a late posting I wrote a little while ago and forgot to post. I’ll be posting a more updated one soon) I’ve had some internet problems this past month, which is why I haven’t posted in a while, but hopefully all my problems should be fixed now! I haven’t been up to anything too exciting, just the normal teaching stuff during the week and then beach on the weekends when it’s nice. I haven’t been able to dive due to a quite annoying and persistent congestion issue, but I’m getting better now and hope to be diving soon. The school winter concert is coming up soon, so I’ve been busy preparing all the kids for that. Hopefully all goes well! I celebrated Thanksgiving here with my “Roatan family”. It was really fun, with ... read more

Today we arrived in Roatan about 8:30am. Coxen Hole is a small town of t-shirt shops and the obligatory Diamonds International and Tanzanite shops built directly adjacent to the dock. My excursion left at 9:00am from the pier. We made 4 stops: Plaza Mall, where I bought some Lamanan (SP?) black and white pottery. It is an old custom recently revived to give single Honduran women skills . Other things to buy here are handcarved mahogany, everything from tiny boxes to carved doors ($2000 including shipping), the craftsmanship is great. Next stop was the Iguana Farm. 4 little guys welcomed us at the road, I grabbed my camera. Should have waited a bit, there were HUNDREDS, just roaming around free. We were each given a giant leaf, and put it down and they came running at ... read more