Roatan

Roatan was our first stop on the cruise. Our ship was "tethered" a few miles out to sea and we used the lifeboats to go onshore. Each one is supposed to hold up to 90 people. From 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. people were ferried back and forth to the shore. They did have a pier suitable for docking but another cruise liner was docked there.The man in the white shirt facing the camera was there to help us salely climb inside. They had people in and outside the craft helping us along.
It was a different experience for us but definately fun! You can see the tourist village in the pic below. They keep all their tourist attractions all cleaned up and nice looking.

Entertainment in the village. We enjoyed it. It was brutally hot that day (to me!) mid 80's and very humid. MISERABLE!

This is a pic taken behind the tourist village. It's the fenced in area/ security check-points. You have to remember, this is a 3rd world country. Security is tight.

We saw a lot of bicycles, mototcycles and 4-wheelers. Don't recall price of gas but I'm sure it wasn't cheap. Most of their gas comes from Venezuela (sp)

A glimpse of homes on the left and security check-points to the right.

We didn't stay on shore long. Honestly, I was hot and miserable. I wanted back in the comfort of an airconditioned ship!