Spring Break Cruise: Part V

Stop numba two: Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan, Honduras

After our time crunch in the Caymans, we decided to set more than one alarm in order to get up at a decent hour and make the most of our Wednesday in Honduras. We landed a little later on this day than we had in the Caymans, arriving around 10 AM. At this point in the trip, we had been in the sun pretty much constantly for two entire days, so we spent extra time applying sunscreen to our already burned selves. Once lathered, we headed down to breakfast and to a spectacular view of Honduras!

After breakfast, we headed down to debark from the ship. From what we could tell, Mahogany Bay was made specifically to be a destination for cruise lines. The ship pulled right up to the dock, so there were no taxi boats involved. We sauntered down the dock admiring the scenery and looking forward to another lovely day on the beach. As we neared land (the dock was really long) we started to hear an Usher song drifting over from one of the restaraunts. This was entertaining to us since we were in practically a third world country surrounded by beautiful and exotic vegetation and it still had somehow managed to be Americanized. Despite this fact, I was happy, because it meant I could dancewalk.

Those who constructed this port were very business savvy because you had to walk through a souvenier shop to get to the beach. On another tangent, this souvenier shop housed ample amounts of liquor at very competitive prices. There was a display for Crown that was being sold at two bottles for $35. I still regret not stocking up because I loooooove me some Crown. Anyway, we were anxious for more beach times, so we scooted out of the souvenier shop, through the very Americanized outdoor mall area and down the path to the beach. It was a lovely walk through trees and over bridges with the scent of exotic flowers wafting through the air. I had had a sneaking suspicion that the beach would be crowded, judging from the droves of people that were walking in with us and the fact that there was another cruise ship docked as well.

My suspicions were accurate. The beach was small and packed. It was wider than the seven mile beach in the Caymans but was not near as long. It also had a lot more palm trees and was loaded with lounge chairs, which was nice. I just think after having space to stretch out at our last beach, we were a little disappointed by the fact that we were practically on each others laps were pretty sure the beach was man-made. We were finally able to find two loungers next to each other (no way we could have found four) and set our stuff down. The boys wanted to take a walk down the beach and walk down the dock that was a little ways down the beach so we joined them. We hung out on the dock for a little while and then decided to head back to our chairs and take a dip in the water while the boys explored the uncharted territory on the other side of the dock. We had surmised that there may have been another beach on the other side of that forbidden forest so Travis and Chris set off on their own little bro journey. Unfortunately, it was short-lived. Their intentions were discovered by a beach cop and they were sent back to lounge with the commoners.

Despite the downsides of this beach, it was still lovely. The water was a beautiful greenish blue and was a perfect temperature. We also happened upon two little boys who had a football which was pretty clutch as we had regretted not bringing our own football.

You can see Trav out there rocking the shirt because of the horrible sunburn on his back. Poor guy :(

We played with them for quite a while (another regret of mine was wearing a strapless bikini top which hindered my ability to dive and tackle as freely as usual.) After a group of bohunks took over our football game, Chris and I headed to the beach bar for a beer and a hurricane while Pilar and Travis enjoyed coconut water straight from the coconut. All of our beverages were delicious :) We spent the rest of the day lounging under the shade trees and eventually headed back to the shopping area where I bought a cute little multicolored purse which I have been using ever since. Once this was purchased, we were headed back to the boat.

This night was another pretty chill night. We went to dinner and then went to see a magic show in the Ivanhoe Theater. I believe we also went to watch some karaoke. We went to bed fairly early because we had a snorkeling excursion at 8:30AM the next morning AND the next day was St. Patty's day. We knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that we would want to be verrry well rested for St. Patty's day!

Stay tuned :)