We have already learned a couple things about Roatan that we did not find when searching about this vacation. First off, April- May is the dry season and secondly it’s the time of year that the sugar cane fields are “slashed and burned”. This is part of growing sugar cane. The reason that this is of particular importance to those who may wish to travel here is that practice causes a lot of smoke, so much so that we were delayed in Dallas waiting to see if the smoke haze would go above 4000 feet. We did finally make it on to a plane shortly after we should have arrived in Roatan if things had gone smoothly.
We did make the best of it and got chair massages in Dallas and have a meal. We also got in a lot of walking, walking to multiple gate changes and to and from the tram for terminal changes. I however was unable to procure a Slurpee from the 7Eleven, as the machine was out of service.
I will note that the dry season only means that it hasn’t rained, it’s still humid. Also once you have learned something about a place it is a lot easier to find more information about it during google searches. We found that out about the sargassum situation during our Belize. For those interested, there is sargassum here, I read it’s mostly just on the south end of the island. Our taxi driver from the airport said the same and that it’s only this month. It should not affect us as we are close to the west bay and the area is protected from the currents that bring the sargassum.
By the time we got though customs it was 6pm and the light was fading fast. We did get some ocean views but not anything that was good to make any judgments on how nice it may be. Everyone says it’s very clear and we will get to see a lot.
We got a quick pizza at the hotel restaurant before getting our villa. It’s pretty nice! We should have gotten someone talked in to coming along, there are 5 beds and a couch, so if you’re able to fly in and need a place to sleep we have plenty! Emily went up and looked the pool over and said it was a good one. We didn’t try it out yet since it’s been such a long day.
Tomorrow we will get the lay of the land and start getting some pictures.
Traveling with Emily! 