HONDURAS -

HONDURAS PAGE

On February 3rd our cruise ship stopped at the Central American country of Honduras.

It has a population of 10 million in an area of 43,000 Square miles.

Seventy three percent of the population are below the poverty level.

Our docking was very calm and orderly.

The deck hand first tosses a small rope with a red lead ball to the shore.

Four dock workers catch the rope.

The other end is tied to larger ropes.

The final rope is 6" thick.

The huge rope is secured to the dock. There are two of these secured on each end of the ship.

We disembark on Roatan Island Honduras at Mahogany Bay.

We first tour a botanical garden.

Our guide talks about the Cocoa
tree that chocolate comes from.

The botanical garden had a private hydroponic garden business.

Next we went to tour the Roatan Chocolate Factory.

The chocolate bars were $5 each.

The beans inside the cocoa pod contain the chocolate seeds.

A couple restaurants on the
beach boardwalk.

Joanne sightsees Roatan Island.

The entrance to the zoo.

The Toucan parrot of Honduras are
colorful with huge beaks.

At the entrance to a zoo we are met by an Mayan monument.

The zoo contained a
butterfly cage.

Joanne meets a pirate of
the Caribbean.

On we go to Belize.