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Stories and Photos from my travels to Rotan Island, Honduras.

Destination 》 North America 》 Central America 》 Honduras

Year Visited: 2007 – Jun

Honduras, set between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, is the second biggest and second most populous country in Central America. Settled as a colony of Spain in the early 16th century, Honduras gained its independence in 1821.

We visited only Rotan Island of Honduras as a Port of Call during our seven days Caribbean cruise. We spent less than 8 hours at one of the beach on the island. So yes, I visited Honduras, but I haven’t seen any thing or haven’t experience local culture.  Honduras has colonial villages (Gracias, Comayagua), ancient Maya ruins (Copan), natural parks (Moskitia), and a Pacific and Caribbean coastline. I would definitely like to go back and explore Honduras in the future.

Neil and Raul are so excited to visit one more country on this trip.
Raul on the upper deck, with Bay Islands on background.
Our Cruise Ship arriving at the Rotan Island.
Locals Performing traditional dance for Cruise Passengers.
Locals Playing Traditional music on a xylophone
Our cruise ship docked at the Rotan Island
Welcome to Honduras!
Waiting for a bus to take us to the Beach
Rotan Island
Neil exploring new country.
Neil is excited to find a Shell.
Raul enjoying the beach.
Our group found some mango trees. Being Indians, Mango is the most popular fruit for us, and we don’t get good mangoes in USA, so everyone got excited
Two of my favorite Honduran Beers. Silva Vida is most Popular (most marketed) Beer.
It was my Birthday, we order two huge eggless cakes for our group of 75+ family and friends.
They misspelled my name! Still happy as I got to spend my special day with my family and friends.

After less than 8 hours on the island, we went back to our cruise ship. Honduras has lot to offer than just one Island, though because of limited time, I couldn’t explore more. I would definitely like to come back and explore more.

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In May 2017, 23 days before I was going to complete 50 years, grabbed an opportunity and took an early retirement.. Picked up a backpack and traveling ever since.. Love to travel around the world, experience different culture, local cuisine & drinks .. and take pictures.. so far been to 108 countries and still counting...

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