David made an extra large pot of coffee, there was a lot of sorting out to do so may as well do it over a mug or two of Honduras' finest. OK, maybe the rum is Honduras' finest but we needed a clear head to sort out the invoices and to work on our future plans. We've been told by many people that the closer we get to Costa Rica, the more insistent, the border immigration officials are, that you have to have onward travel confirmed to 'leave' their country before y...

We were booked on the afternoon boat, David for diving and Maria for snorkeling but the sea was looking a little bumpy. There had been a huge storm through the night and this was the aftermath of it. Maria decided to cancel and go to the beach instead. That perhaps wasn't the best option of the day either because she got chewed alive by sand flies. David's first dive at Turtle Crossing was a bit disappointing because the surge was causing problems for a few of ...

The scooter was on a 24 hour rental and didn't need to be returned until 10:30am so we decided to head over the road to West Bay to take some photos. Our plan had always been to spend the day there but this meant we wouldn't have to leave the camera unattended on the beach while we were swimming or snorkeling. Maria was complaining about sore legs this morning and struggled to get back on the scooter but eventually made it after leaning the scooter at 45 degree...

Roatán's tourism is mainly focused on the western tip of the long, thin island and we hadn't travelled much further than the end of the beach - today we would do some island exploring. The island is 77km (48 miles) long and 8km (5 miles) wide so some wheels were required to get us around. Captain Van's had the cheapest scooters for rent and probably because they weren't the prettiest to look at. Seems like they had been thrown or dropped on the ground quit...

David had the morning dives booked with Coconut Tree Divers and decided to be a bit earlier today - he always seems to be last on the boat. Despite being what he considered to be extremely early, there were three more people who were obviously keener than David...or perhaps they were jet-lagged North Americans that were awake before the 5am sunrise. The dive sites are chosen pretty much at the last minute, literally, but there had been a request to dive at Hole...