Day 5: Today we are on the island of Roatan off the coast of Honduras. As we dock there is a group singing and dancing to native drums. We decided today to go to a private beach. We are put in buses and driven about 20 minutes away to the beach. On the way we are surprised but the horrible poverty that we see. It seems that there is no trash pickup and there are open sewers along the homes. Everything is so dirty and it's hard to imagine how people can survive living like this. It explains why they suggest us going to this private beach as when we get there you can tell they have done a lot to make this area nice. We find out the this is a private area that Carnival is buying. We did see LDS missionaries walking along side the road and we wished we could stop and talk to them about their mission and the area.
We sat in our chairs under and umbrella and looked out at a ship wreck just off the shore. There are people snorkeling and we see a turtle off in the distance by the dock. There are sand crabs everywhere and it was like walking in a mine field in the water but it was so beautiful, blue and clear. The water really was quite warm and we enjoyed just being out in it to cool off. We ordered lunch and I did great until Matt said that this was interesting mystery meat in our hamburger. I lost my appetite the rest of the day on the beach.
When they took us back to the boat we could see small open shops along the road selling items but once the bus stopped at the ship we were told by a Honduran security officer that we could not go past the gate to shop there. We wondered if the shopping areas by the ship were owned by the government and they did not want the tourists going outside that area. One of the couples that we dine with in the evening said he did walk out and bought some things. I guess we were not sure if we should go against what the officer had said to us.
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