Roatan 2023 (page 3 of 8)

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Day 3: Monday, Feb 13, 2023

We ran down for breakfast again at 7 o'clock. Greta got the honduran breakfast again, and Mike got a ham and cheese omlette. Then by 8 o'clock we were back at the dive shop. It was a cruise ship day, so the traffic/people in Coxen Hole (where the cruise ships dock) were CRAZY. Swarms of people wandering about, and the traffic as well to pick them up for excursions and taxi rides.

This time we had 5 others diving with us, a couple from Minnesota, plus three people from Michigan and Washington DC. We took the bus this time to the south shore, and this time Luther was our boat captain. We headed to Patti's Point for the first dive, and we were all with Elise again. Everything went well, and saw quite a variety of fish, plus lobsters and crabs. As we all were surfacing, someone noticed a BIG nurse shark right under the boat. Those of us still in the water got a good look, and Elise even jumped back in - she was determined to get a good picture! Unfortunately, the shark didn't appreciate all the attention and swam off. Mike got a good picture of her swimmming behind.

It was windy, so for the surface interval, Luther took us back along shore, behind a mangrove field. We did see a green eel hiding under the rocks in the shallows. He took us the length of the protected area and back and we were well protected from the wind. We had some good conversation about previous dive trips and people we'd met. AND we learned that the Frigate Bird is acutally the "Magnificient Frigate Bird"! Then we headed off to Mahogany Bay for the second dive. That's that same area that many of the cruise ships come to dock in Roatan. The Mahogany Bay dive had a lot less fish but had some amazing structure. We swam through a crack in the rock and then along a huge wall. This was actually the first dive where we had to turn around and go back, so we had to pay attention to the fist person who had a half tank. Due to the weather, it was a rather dark dive - not a lot of sun to light things up. But we saw some massive white/gray angel fish, and it was still a great dive.

When we surfaced, it was raining and most of the ride back to the shore was in the wind/rain. Once we got back to shore, we had to wait at Marco's for the other boat (Will had a dive master with two cruise ship passengers). We ended up waiting about half an hour but finailly headed back to Naboo - in the rain. At least we were all inside for this ride.

After we got back to our room, we showered, drank some water and then headed to the beach. We stopped at The Thirsty Turtle and had the "happy hour" special drink Monkey Lala (similar to a Dirty Banana drink) - they were good, a little coconut, a little banana, nice and refreshing. We also shared 2 shrimp tacos and 2 fish tacos. They were very different - one was very garlicy, and one had a pineapple topping. Both were SO good, we ordered another 2 fish and 2 shrimp tacos. We walked along the beach the other direction to the end this time to scope out a place to get a light supper and then headed back to the room (it was raining on and off the whole time).

We stayed in the room for a while and relaxed (and listened to it rain some more). Around 7pm or so, we headed back out, hoping to stop at the BBQ place we'd found earlier in the day, but it was already closed. We tried stopping at one place but it only had a full menu (not much for appetizers) so we walked up the beach again in the dark to Beachers.

Beachers was exactly what we were looking for - it had an appetizer menu and live music. Greta ran next door to a small grocery store to get some granola bars - one box was $11! But I suppose that's what you expect for the beach. But now we'll have something to bring on to the boat to eat (they always have water and fresh fruit, but something a little more substantial tastes good too). We shared an order of bacon cheese fries and fried fish fingers. Nothing spectacular but it was good to sit and listen to live music (single guy with a guitar, playing music from the 70s and early 80s mostly) and just relax. We then headed back to our hotel and it was lights-out by 9:30.

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