Roatan, Honduras: Day 3

Day 3.

Boat trip! We spent the entire day cruising around the Caribbean waters, checking out different views of the island, and enjoying the warm sun and conversations with one another. 

Nic vs the undefeated chess champion of Roatan.

Pictures don't do justice do how beautiful this island is, it's so happy and bright, so vivid. I also remember how the air had that sweet smell of burning wood.

We stopped at this tiny island to snorkel and enjoy the view.

 As the sun began to set, we stopped at Hole in the Wall, a little restaurant on Roatan that is only accessible by boat. We enjoyed an all you can eat steak and lobster buffet, it was DELICIOUS. 

Roatan, Honduras: Day 2

Day 2. 

In Roatan, the animals get up early. Each morning we were awaken by birds, bats, and other little creatures that were scurrying across the deck of our villa. Breakfast, then out to the beach to enjoy the crystal clear, warm Caribbean water and some sun. 

On this day we took a boat from the shore of our resort to the West End, 

the popular diving destination on Roatan. 

I love this shot:) 

You can purchase an 8x10 here

After some walking around and exploring, we ended up at Sundowner's Beach Bar, a popular local spot where your chances of meeting an expat are-- extremely high. The crowd is friendly; I loved asking the expats what made them up and leave the States to move to Roatan. They all seemed very happy and had no plans of moving back. 

Purchase an 8x10 of this print here.

Sundowner's Beach Bar is a great place to start, or in our case, end a night catching the sunset, 

it was absolutely breathtaking. The cocktails were delicious, make sure to try the 

Monkey La La and the Zach Attack!

Now this is a sunset!

8x10 print available here.

Roatan, Honduras: Day 1

In February, a very good friend of mine had a destination wedding in Roatan, 

the largest of the Honduras' Bay Islands. 

The ol' packing routine.

Boarding the redeye at LAX.

We fell asleep in California and woke up somewhere over El Salvador. 

The clouds before we landed were spectacular with the sunrise. A quick 1 hour layover in 

San Salvador where we united with the rest of our friends that had flown in from San Francisco, and we were back on a smaller plane to Roatan which is about an hour flight from San Salvador. 

Hello Roatan! 

85 Degrees & Humid

We were picked up at the airport in Roatan and taken to the resort where we stayed,
Palmetto Bay Plantation. It's about a 20 minute ride, through town and up a dirt hill road, to get from the Roatan airport to Palmetto Bay Plantation. 

 Though it was overcast for a couple of hours when we first arrived, 

it was nothing but sunny for each day that we were there after.

The pic we took when we first arrived to let our families know that we made it safe :)

After a quick lunch, we headed out to the beach to enjoy a relaxing Day 1.