Hello Roatan. I woke up this morning eager to dive at Sea grape Plantation Dive Shop. I met Lewis the dive master and the other 4 people on the boat. I was anxious nervous and excited. I dove with Lewis who was super attentive and educational. We dove at West End Wall which is near Iron Shore, we descended slowly and performed a drift dive. We went down about 95 feet following this huge underwater wall of coral, fish, and wildlife as we went. Lewis was quick to point out a Monterrey Eel and Angel Fish. I tried my best to relax and keep my mask as clear as possible. I lost the 3rd underwater camera this year. About 40 minutes into the dive Lewis swam away from me, one of the men got left behind and had to ascend. I was left with 3 other women to safety stop and ascend. It was a miraculous dive. At one point I felt as though I could be in a National Geographic magazine cover. After the dive I went back to Coco Lobo. We ended up going into town for an early drink and making reservations Baan Suerte Spa. The spa was so surreal. We were greeted by a friendly islander with chilled melon water and fresh towels for the pool. I ventured the property and went snorkeling while megan received her treatment. I received the Earth Cocoon. The first step i was scrubbed down with coffee and sugar. I bathed after this treatment with buckets brought to me by the attendant because megan broke the shower during her session. I was then painted with mud and wrapped in plastic and enjoyed the relaxing music while the attendant rubbed my scalp and feet. After one more awkward bath/bucket rinse I sercame to the intense hour massage. Marvelous property and Spa. After the spa we went to West Bay to enjoy the beach one last time. After the beach we spent some time at the pool chatting it up with the other guests at Coco Lobo. We got dressed up and went out to dinner at Half Moon Bay Cafe. Our server was great, he was attentive and was super mannerly. After dinner we went to Sundowners where we met up with some people that we had met on Wednesday. They treated us to a Monkey La La and showed us the bar dogs tricks. We followed the locals down the street to the bar crawl and hit them all. Ran into Chad at Roatan Rick’s we hung out with him for too long and his girlfriend. Awkward. After megan spoke spanish for this part of the journey, i was ready to move on to the next bar. We visted all the bars. Retired to bed, and dreamt of never going home.
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Woke up this morning and walked to Half Moon Bay and went Snorkeling. I was tons of fish and some great coral. I was a little creeped out because I went by myself. There was a barracuda hanging out and watching my every move. Transfixed on the bright fish I floated along and enjoyed the relaxing swim. After snorkeling I retreated to Coco Lobo to get ready for our Canopy Tree Adventure. We were picked up by a taxi at 10 am and headed a few miles inland to South Shores Canopy Tour. We immediately were hurried into the equipment room and strapped into harnesses and helmets by handfuls of men speaking Spanish way too fast. Apparently there was some confusion with the taxi cab, we were told that the cost was included and the manager ended up having to pay the driver. Opps. So off we went to the canopy. The tour guides were smothering us with compliments as they strapped us up on the lines. We were given a 2 minute rapid saftely course and off we went. By the third line we were strapped Super Woman style, facing the ground as if you were flying over the tree tops. The lines were rigged across the canopy and ended on a platform. The rush was exhilarating. The gentlemen on the tour offered to take us out on the town later in the week. Karaoke anyone??? After the zip line tour we walked to Las Rocas and cooled off in the infinity pool. Dined on the bar swings and baked in their beach chairs. We stumbled down to the Banana Rama bar and met a couple people from the states. Later on that evening we met the infamous Chad and Sashi, owns wine bar De La Vina Wine Bar and Jug Shop. We followed the bar crawl down the village and enjoyed some rum along the way. Things get a little hazy here but we had a good time and enjoyed the people that we spent time with.
