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| Windy Day on the South Side of Roatan |
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| Rescued Bananas |
I wanted to give a banana report! The bananas have safely been harvested, hung, ripened and eaten! After determining that the bananas were ready, we had one of the locals cut the bunch from the tree and hang it from the deck to ripen further. To my surprise, once cut, the bunch quickly turned yellowish. There were way too many just for us; it was mas grande, has our gardener Johnny stated. I asked him to cut me a hand to keep for myself and to distribute the rest to others in the villas. You can see many other bananas growing as small fingers on other plants in the yard so we will have additional bunches in the days to come.
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| Yummy Apple Bananas |
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| Long Docks at Sandy Bay |
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| Sunshine/Hobbies Cafe at Sandy Bay |
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| Sandy Bay |
Michael and I visited Sandy Bay this weekend, at the farther end. It was very nice, the beach there is wide and the water shallow out quite a distance. They generally construct long docks out to deeper water. We ate at the Sunshine café/Hobbies and had a wonderful fresh fish sandwich. We plan to return on another occasion to try snorkeling there. We have been told the reef is in even prettier condition than West Bay as it doesn’t get any cruise ship traffic stepping on it. I’ll take my underwater camera.
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| End of the Dock in Deeper Water with Reef Access |
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| Sandy Bay next to Lawson Rock |
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| Lion fish at Pigeon Key picture taken by Scott |
The local dive shops are planning a “lionfish kill” tournament next weekend. You register and get a kill license from the marine park and then you are allowed to “stick” the lionfish. It is illegal to use a spear gun here. The lionfish don’t have any natural enemies here, although they are trying to train grouper to eat them. Apparently the fish have to learn not to eat them tail first because of the spikes…. They are also posting recipes and even recovering the meat to cook. Lionfish are invasive and hurt the other fish populations on the reefs.
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| Paddle Boarding comes to West Bay Beach |
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| I think I'll stick to Kayaking... |
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| ......and Beach-combing..... |
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| ........and sitting!!! |
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| Life is Hard as an Island Kittie |
We finally have the 4 wheel drive fixed on our rented truck and we hope to explore some more remote areas now that the rainy season has slowed down. Tomorrow we hope to explore Turquoise Bay resort toward the East End and do a “Super Bowl” grocery run..unless we decide to head down to West Bay beach and watch it from one of the super bowl parties on the beach!
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