Places To Find Delicious Food On Roatan

The Island of Roatan boasts of many places to eat to fill  the desires of many different types of appetites. In successive posts I will attempt to acquaint you with many of these eateries. In this particular post I want to introduce to you the best Tex-Mex food in Central America in my opinion. The name of the restaurant is Caribbean Blues and it is located in West End about a quarter mile south of the entrance to West End. Below is a short video from the owner Kenny Brown

 

The Amazing Moringa Tree

One of the things that impresses me about living in Central and South America is the ease with which you can grow vegetable plants and trees.

I have become aware of the Moringa tree and it's amazing properties.

For instance:

    It seems to me it would be a lot more beneficial to the body to get these elements naturally from these leaves rather than from a multi vitamin pill.

We have planted about a dozen and a half of these trees here in our little plant area at Rudy's restaurant in West End on the island. Their growth has been phenomenal. several of our plants are shown below. These were grown from seed in about a month.

For more info about the moringa tree please refer to click here

Merry Christmas from Roatan

Merry Christmas from Bill & Mary Blanset

We wish you Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from your friends in Roatan Honduras

 

 

 

 

Arrival In Paradise

I wanted to report on our trip and let you know that we have arrived safely and are enjoying ourselves. We left State College Pa. and flew to D.C. All went well and then we flew to Houston. Again a smooth and enjoyable flight. We got into Houston at about 1230 A.M. and our connecting flight to Roatan didn't leave until 10:00 A. M. We have had this problem before, its due mainly to few flights going to Roatan. In preceding years in other airports we have found reading areas which have couches where you can sleep but not so in Houston. We found a deserted waiting area and tried to get a little sleep but it was very cold so it turned out to be a long night. But we survived and here we are in paradise. We had made reservations at a lodge called The Backpackers Host but found this too rough and so we had to scramble and get a cabby to take us to another lodge called The Pirate Den which we found more to our living style. We have a very nice apartment with TV and internet with aview of the Caribbean . Our first night here we went to a restaurant in West End which features roasted chicken. This has got to be the best tasting chicken in the world. Mary has scheduled a vendor selling fresh vegetable to come to the lodge several times a week so we can get fresh produce. The temperature is in the 80's with a constant breeze blowing from the ocean keeping us cool. We can pick bananas, mangoes, papaya's for breakfast. he lodge sets on 5 or 6 acres and there are chickens and dogs roaming free. Its a very restful place.

Inexspensive Air Sickness Cure

Have you ever had the the experience of taking a trip or cruise and having it ruined by feeling sick to your stomach because of motion sickness? the following simple recipe without resorting to prescriptions or other chemicals. Following a few simple steps.

1. In the produce section of you local market buy the smallest piece of ginger
2. Wash well.
3. Slice in tissue paper thin pieces.
4. Place all pieces in a zip lock bag and close tightly.
5. To Use: Take one piece, no bigger than 1" x 1" and chew up and swallow.
6. Don't chew more than 1 piece per hour. 

Cruise Ship Port of Call

Roatan Beach Break

Spend the day on one of Roatan's nicest private beaches.

Located on a calm water lagoon, you never have to worry about big waves or current. Just relax on our white sand beach, and swim in our pool-like ocean lagoon, with one of the world's nicest reefs just a short swim away.

Just on the other side of our calm water lagoon lies Mary's Place, one of Roatan's best dive and snorkel sites. You can literally walk or swim a few minutes and be right in the heart of the underwater beauty.

You will have a full service bar and restaurant (food and drink at additional cost), as well as free wi-fi and a rooftop terrace overlooking the eastern side of the island.

You will be picked up at your cruise ship dock in one of our marked Club Natale Bay Villas vehicles, as well as be met by some of our friendly staff holding a sign with your reservation name

For info click Shore Excursions.

Flights To Roatan

I  recently got this notice about flights and thought I would pass it along.

 American Airlines Adds Nonstop Service Between Miami And Roatan, Honduras
MarketWatch (press release)
"This new service to Roatan highlights our commitment to provide our customers the premier network in Latin America," said Art Torno, American's Vice President - Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. "Our customers now have even more destinations to ...
See all stories on this topic »

I checked out the cost of  a round trip fare from State College Pa. to Roatan on American Airlines in Jan 2013 and found a price of $485 which was about $50 less than I was able to get with other airlines. I suggest you check American Airlines yourself.

Just another day at the office.

 


There are many wonderful restaurants on the island but one of our favorites is the Argentian Grille in West End. Hear what TJ Lynch of  buyroatan.com  says about it: