Our next stop was Roatan, Honduras. Roatan is an island off the coast of Honduras and also one of my new favorite places in this world. It is most definitely my favorite stop with this cruise. You'll see why.
We woke up to this...
Isn't that a cute little pier? Very nice. And the trees everywhere. This is what I thought we'd see when it kept saying you had to walk through the "jungle" to get to the different Mayan Ruins. You saw the pictures. I thought a jungle was different.
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| Mamadillo liked it too! |
So, we went down and looked around a little before our adventure that day.
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| This was pretty much the most Christmas-y thing we saw on the cruise! |
Then it was time for our adventure. Anyone who knows me knows that I am an animal lover. That may be an understatement, but it's true. I love all animals, but I love whales and dolphins the most. One of my all time favorite days was whale watching with my mom in the San Juans when an orca swam right underneath the boat and looked at me. Wow. Anyway, I have always wanted to swim with dolphins, but there was a problem. I wanted the dolphins to be well taken care of. I didn't want it to be a money making scheme. So, I thought and thought about doing a dolphin encounter. I talked to a couple fellow animal lovers who had done it and they assured me that it would be great.
So, the decision made, it was time to go on our dolphin encounter adventure. We took a bus through the cutest village we've seen yet to the other side of the island.
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| This is a picture that they supplied but I thought it was kind of nice to see the whole thing. |
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We waded out into the water and there was our trainer and her dolphin, Margarite.
It was so amazing to be able to get this close to an animal that is just so darn cool.
At first, we weren't suppose to have our cameras with us. Because they had to take pictures to sell us and they wanted to be able to sell them. I think they were worth it.
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| When you see this as our Christmas picture this year, just pretend that it was this year and that you haven't seen this before. |
After that, they let us go and get our cameras. Dad and I went trudging back to get them and when we came back, this is what we saw.
Yep, Brent and Mom getting extra time petting Margarite. This still makes me sad. I mean, fun for them **grumble grumble** but I wish I had thought of that!
Anyway, I shook that huge disappointment off and took a whole bunch of pictures.
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| This HAS to be one of my all time favorite pictures, ever! |
I almost forgot the video. You might want to turn the volume down a little if you watch it. Margarite is SUPER loud! (Drives Daisy crazy...it's kind of funny!)
Before I was ready, it was time to go back to the ship. It was so much fun. I want to live here and work with the dolphins. That would be so amazing! Too much fun!
We did a little shopping when we got back to the pier.
Mom's more of a shopper than any of us, so we took a picture while we were waiting.
Too soon it was time to leave Roatan and go on to our next adventure. We got a towel crab for the night...
Saw a rainbow...
And a gorgeous sunset...
A perfect end to a perfect day! If you're ever in Roatan, definitely go to Anthony Key! Next time, I'm snorkeling with them!
6 comments:
LOVED ROATAN!!! I am with you - I would love to live there and Anthony Keys was wonderful, too - next time, we should just go there and stay at Anthony Keys - I would probably snorkel with them too - thanks for talking me into to doing it - a once in a lifetime experience for sure (and yes, the orca trip we had in the San Juans was one of my favorite days as well - AWESOME - I can still hear the sounds of the orca's breathing all around us!!) and I "think" I heard from you coming back "You two are DEAD to me!!" I am sorry you didn't get the extra touches, but it was sure fun. She was a nice, noisy dolphin!! And that was an awesome experience on an awesome island! And YES, I do love to shop...I think that was when I was buying our Roatan "pins" and being told if she put them both on the one card, she could just sell them to me for one price...didn't even have to dicker!!! Fun, fun, day!!
That is absolutely amazing! That would be so much fun! I'm very jealous right now!
What fun!!
I want to swim with the dolphins!
That looked like a picture perfect day!!!! Yeah!
I LOVED ROATAN - it has to be my favorite place too!!! It was so beautiful and just my idea of what a tropical island should look like. LOVED MARGERITE as well...she was so fun - thank you for talking me into doing it - it will be one of my all time favorite days as well (Yes, the Orca experience in the San Juans is one of my favorite days as well...I can still hear the orca's breathing all around us - AWESOME!)I think next time we go there, we should just stay at Anthony Keys - I would probably snorkle too! AND I "think" I heard you say as you were coming back "you two are DEAD to me!" Sorry you didn't get the extra pets, but it was a LOT of fun!! What a fantastic day with fun people!
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I loved it too! It was my favorite place, we went to some officials house and had drinks which was so weird. Then we went to a resort and laid on the beach and swam. It was beautiful. So I love the dolphin pictures! We didn't get any good ones when Logan and I did it because it was overcast and rainy. Oh and I LOVE YOUR MAMADILLO. so funny! :)
Oh my word, that is amazing! I had no idea you were able to do that. That is perfect for you. SO glad you were able to do that and such great pictures.
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