day 4 Roatan








By now I've stopped counting days according to the calendar. It's day 4 of the cruise, who cares what the calendar says?



We arrived in the late morning, watched the coastline for awhile before docking at Mahogany Bay. From our ship we can see two wrecks…both look very rusty.



We opted for breakfast in the main dining room. The king had eggs benedict and I had a cheese omelet. Asked for a ham and cheese omelet, but ...anyhow, the food was delicious..







Then it was time to walk down the gangway and meet our tour – Discover Roatan. The first part of the tour is a ride in a dinghy out to the wrecks – it rained a little, but it wasn’t too bad. The wrecks can’t be moved -- tthe coral reef might be harmed. We got to see one of the wrecks up close, took lots of photos of the rust.







Then we boarded the bus. the tour guide talked quite a bit about how poor the island is and how tourism is their only industry. Every stop on the tour involves shopping and I felt I have to contribute to the local economy. We saw scenic bluffs, a performance by the Garifuna people –Africans who came to Honduras and Belize to get away from the English –as well as a park honoring the local Garifuna heroes, and we got to taste local foods including yucca bread and some sort of fish stew. then it was back to the pier and shopping. (gee, do you sense a theme here?)







Back on the ship, we ordered room service. He had pastrami and I had shrimp salad. We spent some time reading and relaxing, then dressed for dinner.











We ate at Scarlett’s. It was truly an amazing experience. He had lobster bisque, iceberg salad, surf n turf with Yukon gold mashies with wasabi. I had shrimp cocktail, casear salad and surf n turf w/ Yukon (no wasabi), and then we had dessert – vanilla ice cream for him, cheesecake for me. While we ate we watched the rain fall on deck and felt the movement of the ship on choppy seas. No trip outside this evening.