Ka'imi Sailing and Cruising Adventures: April 2015

West End, Roatan, anchorage

Still hanging out in West End Harbor, Roatan. We're still looking for a weather window to sail to Guanja. We are not complaining the scuba diving is great and there are lots of sites for diving. Luckily the dive shop Roatan Divers held on to the BC (buoyancy compensator) they were selling, and we were able to purchase it. They are a great dive shop and the owners, Karl and Saaya, are very knowledgeable and helpful!

We decided to skip a day of diving and do a land tour of the Island. We rented a van with our friends Patric and Nicole on s/v Southern Mist, John and Donna on s/v Tried and True, and Alan on s/v Kristiana. The picture below is a restaurant at the east end of the island, La Sirena. We drove there and then worked our way back to the West End. We had some appetizer's and drinks and enjoyed the beautiful coastline.

La Sirena Restaurant and Bar

The East End beaches were beautiful!

East End Beach

They do not insure rental vehicles here on the island...LOL..so if you break it you buy it. Mike was a little concerned after seeing some of the roads we had to travel and how the locals drive. He was a bit worried.

What!!! No insurance!

Some of the roads at the East End of the island were very bumpy dirt roads, which was one of the concerns for travelling with no insurance.

East End Road

Mike relaxed a bit when we got back onto paved roads.

Mike a bit more relaxed.

The road trip gang, Alan, Patric, Nicole, Kim, Donna and John at East end. Mike was taking the picture.

The gang.

Two more beautiful pictures of the East End beaches.

East End beach.

Marble Hill Farms is an eco-lodge on the East End and they also make their own jellies, jams and sauces so we stopped by to have a taste. They were all fantastic pretty yummy. We settled on the Mutton Pepper Jelly which is very spicy and delicious.

Marble Hill Farms

We had a great lunch at Temporary Cal's Cantina. The food and atmosphere were awesome! Mike and I had the Mahi-Mahi tacos and were not disappointed.

Temporary Cal's Cantina

Our next land trip was a visit to the Mayan Jungle Canopy. I had thought it was a jungle walk with birds and monkeys, that were not caged, but when we got there we found that all the animals were in cages and it was a very small place. We do not usually patronize zoos, but took an exception to see these beautiful animals. They were very well taken care of, but we would prefer them free! Below is one of the beautiful Macaws.

Macaw

Donna feeding a banana to a Spider monkey.

Spider Monkey

Nicole being drooled on while this Spider monkey ate watermelon on here head.

Spider Monkey

Mike with a beautiful parrot.

Parrot

John with one of the Macaws.

Macaw

Kim with a Spider Monkey and watermelon. They loved the watermelon.

Spider Monkey

What the heck lady, you got spit ends and they are bad!

Spider Monkey giving Kim hair tips.

Below is a Kinkajou which are usually nocturnal.

Kinkajou

We also ran into our friends Tom and Colleen from s/v Unplugged!

Tom and Colleen s/v Unplugged

This is Woody's Groceries in West End. It is a not as big as the Eldon's in Coxen Hole, but it is much closer.

Woody's Groceries

Main Street in West End, this was a very slow day there must not have been cruise ships in dock. Usually the streets are packed.

Main Street, West End

West End Divers is a great dive shop. This is where we get our tanks filled after each dive. The manager Andy and all the staff are very nice and helpful! We would highly recommend them if you ever visit the island.

West End Divers

Below is the West End Divers dock where we bring our dinghy to have our tanks filled. It is super convenient.

West End Divers

One of many street food vendors along Main Street. You can find very affordable and good food along the street.

Street Food Vendor

You know I had to throw some animal pictures in the post. The animals here are much healthier than other places. There are cats in about every shop along the street and dogs ramble freely making friends.