It was lovely to be woken up by the birds singing in the trees this morning.
Today we took a water taxi across to West Bay, which is supposed to be the most beautiful beach on the
island. Like most of Roatan it didn't disappoint, with a postcard picture of a beach; white sand, coconut palm trees along the shore and the beautiful cl
ear waters.It was a shame that neither of us had brought ID with us, meaning we couldn't snorkel there. :(
The beach was so divine to lie on and in the end we decided to take a glass bottom boat tour, mid-afternoon so we did at least see some of the island that day.
Unlike the boats in Oz, these were submerged beneath the sea, so you were surrounded by fish and got a really good view of the coral. A camera cannot depict the amazing things we saw, but sadly we didn't find Nemo. Another day, perhaps.
Paying for the boat tour had just about cleaned us out of cash, but we were about to encounter a "typical Roatan issue". The ATMS had stopped working due to an internet fault with mainland and the additional ones connected in a different way had run out of
cash. In the knowledge that we were going back to mainland soon, things were very tight and no-where would accept card.We decided to eat out at the Lighthouse restaurant as the owner was happy to run a tab - we were hoping the situation would improve the next day. I was concerned as it was a Saturday. If only it were a Monday or mid-week, or something, it would be fixed. Grrrh.
It was a very stressful end to what had been a lovely day.
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