The day starts out in Roatan style, with no electricity. The heat of our stifling room awakes us as the light of the dawn appears. With our in-room coffee maker out of business, it is a long wait for that robust, dark, rich Honduras coffee we have become addicted to. When the girls arrive to work at the lounge, I pounce on them to get the gas stove fired up to brew some
Java Jose, which I take back to drooping Mamasita and Seastar Karen.
Josalina and Carla astound us again with a "typicos" breakfast of tortillas, beans, eggs, sausage and yummy salsa. Who needs electricity?
Fueled up we head out for a day of adventuring, with our bags packed for the multi activities to come.
We enter Gumbalimba Park through the fabricated cave and step into a Jurassic Park environment. Iguanas slither through the gardens, "Jesus Christ" Lizards entertain us with their walk on water skills and scurrying on hind legs in a comical way, tortoises line the banks under our swinging bridge crossing, and jungle sounds of birds and monkeys fill the air.
Beautiful red and green Amazon Parrots and Macaws were more than happy to alight on our shoulders, lured by tamers treats. The walk through the park lead us deeper into jungle where the
Capuchin and Spider Monkeys were happy to see us as well, smart enough to know if they came out of the trees and onto our shoulders, treats would flow. Scooby has an 11 day old baby on her back. The baby hangs on while sleeping even when Mama-Scooby gets playful with Marcus, the two joust about, jumping tree limb to limb and teasing and screaming at each other..... baby just hangs on and continues his nap. Much too adorable! (this photo is our Mamaista with mama-Scooby with her baby on her back)After a fill of jungle creatures, we head down to West Bay to mingle with the sea creatures. We
have decided West Bay is the best snorkeling we have experienced on the island. It is an easy sandy beach access, healthy large and abundant variety of corals, and the fish are more than happy to entertain us with their beauty, abundance and variety.The sand on the beach is so powdery white, and despite the intense heat of the day, the white sand is not hot. On any Hawaiian or California beach in this heat, the golden sand would be way too hot to saunter to the water without shoes or a sprint. Interesting that the white, powdery Caribbean sand does not hold the heat.
Sundays on Roatan are the family picnic day. It is great to observe the local families of multiple generations enjoying the beach, the water or the shade of a palm tree for a nap.
We love our mode of transportation... water taxi to putt us a 10 minute dinghy ride from West Bay to West End. We have a late lunch/early dinner at our new favorite restaurant .The rain has driven us off the deck to the inside of the restaurant where we can more enjoy the dual view of one direction of Half Moon Bay, and the other direction of West End Bay, as we are on a spit between the 2 bays.
Our evening entertainment is Mama's new found game "Mexican Dominoes". We three sure do know how to have a raucous evening!
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