We rented a car last weekend so everyone could see a little more of the island. Carl, Faye, Toni and Randall spent Saturday exploring Sandy Bay and West End. Lily and I were both getting a sore throat and stayed behind to rest and read. The Carambola Botanical Gardens was a great place to get […]
Most nights, we hit the sheets pretty soon after the sun goes down. Between volleyball, playing on the beach and the nightly cool-down cocktail, we are ready at nightfall to surrender to the gentle rocking of our berths. However, Friday night we soldiered up and stayed up until 11 pm to watch the Fantasy Island […]
We spent yesterday snorkeling on the West End Bay reef. We saw lots of interesting coral and colorful fish. The Parrot Fish are the easiest for us to spot and id. We love to watch their fins fluttering so gently as the nibble the corral with their weird-looking mouths. After a couple of hours of […]
Last night, we were both sitting around after dinner talking about how good we were going to sleep after the all-night sail to Utila. Randall looked up and said, “We’re dragging!” We had been sitting there semi-comatose but those two words got us both in gear as the boat drifted precariously close to the neighboring […]
We left on Sunday for Roatan and just made it to Utila, a few miles short of our intended destination. We anchored the first night in Texan Bay and hit the prettiest part of the river the next morning with a beautiful sun breaking through the fog. Lily likes to get on the bow of […]
We had two remaining activities for our last day at Semuc Champey: the zip line and a hour-long float trip down the Rio Cahabon. El Retiro’s zip line has only been up for a week. It is a three cable zip line so you sort of zig zag across a small valley near El Retiro. […]
Sunday we got up early to catch a ride to Semuc Champey Parque. We packed our peanut butter and jelly and stopped for some sweet rolls on the short walk through town since we weren’t sure if food would be available at the park. We arrived at the little crossroad where rides up to the […]
By Lily Fuchs I had a really good time on Saturday because it was the chocolate tour. It was not a factory or business. It was a family in their home and they did it for tourists. There home was a open air home with dirt floors. Some of the girls made bracelets and I […]
Since our departure to Roatan was delayed, we got together last week with Czech-N-Mate and decided to take a trip inland. Friday we set out together for the 5-6 hour bus trip to Semuc Champey in Central Guatemala. Semuc Champey is northeast of the Rio Dulce in the Central Guatemalan mountains. Because of both the […]
OK this is my last “catching up” post from last week’s travels. What we really needed after all that busy traveling back and forth was something relaxing. We decided to wrap up the Great Inland Travel excursion with a day trip from Rio Dulce to Agua Caliente. Agua Caliente is a hot springs waterfall an […]