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We flew into the town of La Ceiba which is a coastal town on the eastern Caribbean side. On the Caribbean side there are Spanish speaking Latinos as you'd expect but there is also a large population of black Hondurans who speak English with a Jamaican sounding accent. Here is a street in La Ceiba lined with outdoor booths selling clothing, sunglasses, shoes, etc..
The beach in La Ceiba at sunset. The temperatures were in the humid 90's and the ocean water temperature felt equally as warm.
From La Ceiba we took at 2 hour boat ride out to the island of Roatan, which is the largest island off the coast of Honduras and is about 40 miles long and 2 miles wide with a population of about 25,000. This part of Roatan is called the West End, which has one sandy hard-packed street that runs along the ocean's edge and is lined with dive shops, bars, restaurants, and cabins for rent.
You could take water taxi's to get along the coast of the island.
We went to a Marine Institute and got to swim with dolphins. There were about 18 dolphins in this ocean enclosure that we got to snorkel with. They were very playful and I picked sea grass from the floor and they would come and snatch it in their mouths.
We also got to hold and pet the dolphins who were very friendly. They felt like pure muscle and their skin had a sort of tough leathery feel to it.
This part of the island is called West Bay which has beautiful beaches and a reef you can swim to from the shore and enjoy some amazing snorkeling. At the reef we saw eels, tons of different types and colors of coral and schools of fish you could swim along with.
We visited an iguana farm which protects and feeds hundreds of iguanas. You could walk amongst them and scratch their sides and they would lean into your hand like a dog enjoying a good rub down with their eyes closed.
There were tame Cappuccino monkeys on the island that you could hold and they crawled all over us and swung from our arms. We also got to pet the larger species of Spider monkey who were very affectionate.
We were very sad to leave the island of Roatan which was a very beautiful place to visit.