We slept in today and both realized how sunburnt we were from our snorkeling adventures yesterday. Thankfully, Tad had brought some aloe, so that was put on numerous times throughout the day to soothe the pain. It literally hurt, especially when I was laying on my back. After breakfast we decided to snorkel again, this time renting our gear from a store so we could have it all day and not have it taken from us early like yesterday. We had seen people snorkeling with t-shirts on yesterday and didn’t understand why…now we did. We donned our t-shirts and went snorkeling in Half Moon Bay, the bay across from our hotel. I still don’t know how I feel about snorkeling. I really liked it yesterday when it was calm, blue water and it was all new. But I kinda have to psych myself up to breathe through a mouthpiece and not my nose. I have a slight bit of anxiety set in if I snorkel for too long. So when I went today and the water was murkier and I didn’t see as much cool stuff, I decided I was gonna chill and let Tad have his adventure out there. He came back all excited; he had seen a moray eel under a rock close to the coastline! It had come out and opened and closed its mouth at him and everything. I’m glad he saw it and not me; I probably would’ve freaked and drowned haha.
Quick shower to get the salt off, leftovers and PBJ for lunch, and then we went to a local hangout to watch the Spain vs. Honduras World Cup game! It was hard to choose who to root for; Spain had been doing well, but we were in Honduras. Spain ended up winning, which they deserved. I’m glad that Honduras made it to the Cup, but they just couldn’t quite compete with the European teams. Afterwards, we headed back to West Bay to do some more snorkeling…well Tad did more snorkeling and I enjoyed the sand and sun.
Back to West End late afternoon and we still had no hotel resolution with our payment stuff. We got ready for dinner and finally took care of the payment, but no discount for the confusion we had had. So it was off to choose which restaurant we wanted that night; we chose a restaurant with a great ocean view and quite a few gringos, too. We met a lady and her kids who had lived on the island for the last five years because her husband was a realtor there. Crazy…can you imagine growing up on Roatan? Our last night on Roatan was relaxing on the beach chairs by the ocean with a clear, starry sky.
Tuesday, June 22nd
We had an early rise and shine to catch our 7am ferry back to the mainland. This ferry ride went amazingly better; the water was calm and the weather was perfect. I caught a quick nap. Once back in Ceiba we caught a taxi to the bus station to get a bus to San Pedro. This was going to be another long travel day, but not near as bad as the sixteen hour one we had the other day. I was prepared for the longer ride to SPS from Ceiba. Once in SPS, we got another bus to Santa Rosa. If all went well with the bus (getting there the time it said it would), we’d be able to catch the last bus to Gracias and still make it home today. Usually you can’t plan on a bus being normal, but today it was and we were able to get our bus to Gracias. We arrived back in Gracias after our whirlwind vacation around 6:30-7pm.
We dragged all of our stuff over to the familiar Guancascos and relaxed with dinner there after our long day. I called JuanCarlos to pick us up in the mototaxi; it was so good to see a familiar face! We headed up the mountain to Villa Verde and soon enough we were seeing all of our neighbors. The kids were so excited to see us, especially Paola. Tad and I were the last teachers of the bunch to still be in Honduras. We unpacked a little bit, hung out with the neighbors and then headed to bed, back in beautiful, familiar Villa Verde.
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