Caribbean Cruise: Day 5

September 6, 2012

Roatan, Honduras

Shorty after waking up this morning, our ship docked at Mahogany Bay on the island of Roatan, Honduras. After breakfast in the dining room, we got ready for our excursion of the day on the beautiful island of Roatan.

Crew on the bridge... (this was taken from our balcony)

Mahogany Bay Cruise Center officially opened in February 2010 and includes a Duty Free store, several jewelers, several restaurants and bars, snack bars, a pharmacy, and a number of souvenir and other tourist-related shops. Adjacent to the Cruise Center is the white sand 10-acre Mahogany Beach, which can be reached on foot or via the "Magic Flying Beach Chair".  This  cruise center cost $62 million dollars to build!!

We went to Tabayan Beach for the day.  It is the best beach on the island!  We took a shuttle to the beach which was on the other side of the island.  A few people we had met previously were also there so that was nice to see familiar faces and have someone to chat with.  They had quite a bit to drink so it was definitely interesting.

The beach was absolutely gorgeous and we had wonderful weather!!!

The water was oh so clear!!!  We could see these fish right by the shore. 

 

Tracy decided he wanted to try his hand at snorkeling - I was not so keen on the idea. I finally decided to give it a try and it was by far one of the best experiences of my life!! Just wish I had had an underwater camera. The coral reef, the beautiful fish... it was absolutely fantastic!! We snorkeled for close to a couple of hours! We found out later that this was the world's second largest coral reef, housing the largest amount of marine life found in the Caribbean. So glad we decided to snorkel here!!!

We both so enjoyed this day... walking the beach, snorkeling, just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful scenery.  This is what the Caribbean is all about!

Getting ready to board the ship after a wonderful day...

View of the Mahogany Bay beach area from the ship (we did not go there)...

Cruising along...

Enjoying hamburgers and fries for dinner along with a great view...

The upper decks of the ship seem to be quite quiet at night...

Here I am relaxing in one of the deck rocking chairs and just enjoying the quiet evening...

We went to the Follies Show lounge for the evening show:  The Big Easy.  It was quite enjoyable but again, they did not allow photography.

Each evening our cabin steward would turn down our bed, leave the Funtimes newsletter for the next day, leave a couple of mints, and entertain us with adorable animals made from towels...