Blogs from Bay Islands, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Thursday 14thFebruary: Roatan, Honduras. We sailed into Coxen Hole Roatan just after daybreak after an overnight journey directly east from Belize City, and it was very nice to see green hills again after the totally flat scenery of Mexico, Louisiana and Belize. Roatan is a small island with an interesting history having been under British rule/occupation before it was exchanged for Belize. Consequently, many of the communities still have English names e.g. Coxen Hole is named after a 16th Century English pirate John Coxen. Henry Morgan and Edward Teach (Blackbeard) also based themselves in Roatan at various times. It’s very small, only 20 miles long and on average a mile wide. After docking we walked off the ship to see how much the taxis would charge to take us to a resort in the north of ... read more

We started our scuba diving class which consisted of watching videos and answering questions on what we learned. After a couple days of theory we got in the shallow part of the beach and had a series of skills we had to accomplish. This was more difficult than it should have been for me because once again I am a chicken when it comes to these things. The other two people in our class had colds and were not cleared by the doctor to dive so Dan and I had one on one attention which was nice. Marc took Dan and progressed and Maya stayed with me. She was so wonderful, patient and sympathetic. She told me she had a really difficult time at first as well and nearly quit because she was scared. She had ... read more

Just got to spend one day here while on a cruise. We went to the Gumbalimba Park.... read more

Roatan Dive 16 Yawning hamlet Nikon D200 I spent the dive following my Juv hog fish cleaning different fish. I was diving with the Nikon D200 set up and it took me a few dives to get used to it. But I love it. 32 ft 113min Ni 31% AL80 82oF 10lbs +ank 3mm+Bear 7m Roatan Dive 17 Nikon D200 Arrow Blenny I decided not to waste my time trying to get behavior shots and I headed to the wreck to look for arrow blennies. I had not taken a shot of them yet. I saw 4 of them. I scared 3 before I figured out that I was very aggressive approaching them. When I got to the 4th I approached slowly and let them get used to me. I actually watch them eat some masked ... read more

Roatan Dive 8. East Coco View wall We didn’t do the night dive and didn’t wake up for a 6 am dive. We went on the quest for the big eye with the huge isopod on its front head. Diane said it lives “to the left - just past where the wall really starts, near the big overhang, go a little further than the overhang in around 25'. There is a small cave in one of the crevasses. Back in there is a big eye with a HUGE isopod on it's forehead”. We didn’t see it but definitely going to look for it again. Steve found Diane’s whip coral shrimp and got it with a nice blue background. Thanx Diane for that one. I will post the shot if he gives me the ok. When Steve ... read more