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 fish chasing, we dingied to shore for a look around. There are lots of tourists shops and bars lining the shore-side road. The beach here is coarse sand and hardened coral called iron coral.
Leafy canopy at the Half Moon Bay Beach, West End, Roatan
Thumbs up on the spicy michelados at the West End Bar overlooking the anchorage. We sat around here watching the dive boats go back and forth. The divers hanging around all look very tan and fit. We feel a little out-of-shape, especially after that exhausting two hours floating around on the reef.
West End Bar overlooking the anchorage
Lily is the only one with any kind of fitness routine on board. She is working on catching up with some schoolwork this weekend since we missed school this week. As usual, between subjects, she has to go get a jib climb in. There are a few “Yoga OnBoard” type books out there so perhaps Lily will someday be the author of “Jib Climbing Fitness in 10 Minutes.”
Lily perfecting her jib climbing.
We watched the sun set behind our neighboring boat, SV Unplugged, both nights here. Sometime this week, we plan to move the boat a little further east on the island to French Harbor and scope out the marina options there. It is a little windy today, though, so it’ll be a lazy Saturday reading, studying Spanish and swimming.
The sun setting on SV Unplugged
Emilee is always asking where you guys are… She just asked a couple of hours ago. Keep having fun!!! 🙂
Well you did it!!! I am really wanting to come over…. You have traveled everywhere and I had always thought hmmm…. I like home….. Well I am ready to get out of Oklahoma once in awhile now and see the world….. Thanks to SVFoxtrot blog!!
Jan, go to delta.com and book your flight.
Looks like fun. Have you sailed to Costa Rica at all? We love it there. Do you sail year round?
Hi Kim. We are in Honduras and still quite a ways N of Costa Rica, but we do plan on getting South to Panama at some point but we probably wouldn’t stop in Costa Rica since there aren’t any natural harbors or ports on the Caribbean side other than Limon. We saw your FB posts from CR and understand the allure – there are so many fascinating places in Central America.