Our Island Retreat!

It is really cold here in Florida this morning!  11o'clock in the morning and it is still only 48˚ F outside.  It is past time to head back to Roatan and warm tropical days and nights!

We received photos today of the new house we will be staying at in West Bay called Casanueva.  What a beautiful property.  We rented it before it was even built which might seem like a gigantic leap of faith but since we know the property managers, Claudio and Emiliana, and their professional approach to all things Roatan, we knew we had no reason not to expect it to be less than spectacular.

You can check out their other properties as well as this one here. http://www.vivapropertiesint.com/

  And we are not disappointed!! 
http://www.vivapropertiesint.com/

The view from the deck is beautiful and I can just imagine there will be many hummingbirds (and bats at night) to keep me entertained.

So the pool and deck await our arrival and I am anticipating cooking lobster and shrimp in the outdoor kitchen area.

Honduras has beautiful hardwoods and excellent craftsmen so the kitchen cabinets and other wood features are just gorgeous.

There are beautiful tile floors and tile accents in the bathroom and the ceilings have exposed hardwood beams....awesome!

I have my bags packed and am ready to go, now just counting the remaining days till our departure!

Good News: Back to Roatan

It was so sad to leave lovely, seductive Roatan in April and coming back to the states proved to be challenging.  After six months of thinking in lempiras, dollars were the mystery currency. Prices seemed to skyrocket and the barrage of visual images from advertising and the glut of merchandise available for purchase was staggering.  Going to the grocery store took so much time because I couldn't stop being amazed at all of my choices. But slowly life in the states became the norm and Roatan my alternate reality.

But life is good and our return to Roatan is fast approaching!  I have started to pack and realize that many things I thought I needed, couldn't live without last year are either available on Roatan or not necessary.  I am looking forward to seeing old friends, visiting favorite restaurants and beaches, and snorkeling in the beautiful water. I think the very first order of business is to put up my hummingbird feeder.  I miss seeing them buzz about and they have already migrated from my area here in Florida.

It has already been cold here-anything under seventy is cold- so this trip can't come fast enough. I will try to post  more regularly now and keep you up on our progress.  Hope you follow my second trip and I will look for new things to add and share lots of photos.