December 30. Guatemala and Main Land Honduras.

We went back over the country boundaries to a Honduran "park" with waterfalls. We got into extreme hiking -- straight uphill! Had lunch and then spent an hour on a bridge workers were rebuilding.

Resting under a big banana tree.

Banana field. The plastic bags protect the bananas from pests and provide a microclimate.

Tough hike, going straight up.

Down was better.

Basic Honduran lunch (take out). Fried plantains, fish, and shrimp. Rice and beans and some vegetables.

Coffee bean.

Coffee beans on the tree.

Jamie always finds new friends.

Waiting for the bridge to be built so we can go across.

Banana field with the gorgeous green mountains behind.

More textiles while we head through the terminal to the ship.

December 29. Joy's pictures from Roatan.

December 29. Roatan, Honduras.

I cannot believe I am almost caught up with the blog. This is hard to do with little internet service.

Today finds us in Roatan, Honduras. 3 other cruise ships have found this place too. We can tell we are on the Caribbean side. Many more tourists.

A Roatan "chicken bus"!

Policia.

We hired a driver to drive us around the island to the west end. Yes, that is a dirt road.

You can see a Royal Caribbean ship in the foreground. Our little Explorer is peaking out from the left side.

We cannot even imagine the poverty here. The mainland is much worse.

The "main" road across the island. Where is all that cruise ship money going?

We got to "Bananarama" on the West End, and found that many others discovered this place as well.

Bob Falstein and his sister Debbie joined us for lunch.

Ok, this was a turnoff. Too many people on the beach. We headed out.

Our little home away from home.

December 28. At sea.

Ciel works hard to keep passengers occupied and interested in art during days at sea. We joined her this day to make bookmarks.

Ciel Duke in one of her Art Workshops.

December 27. The Sloth Sanctuary. Costa Rica.