June was a windy month on Roatan and two unusual vessels chose Roatan as a port of call. On June 26, six Cuban refugees sailed onto the reef at Fantasy Island.
Immigrants have been front and center in the media in the last couple of months. With the recent crime wave on the island, the locals and some mainland transplants have been up in arms to stop the unchecked flow of immigrants to our islands.
After taking Roatan from the British in March 1781, General Matias de Galvez, commander of all Spanish forces in Central America, turned his attention to the last English outpost in Honduras.
The amount of road maintenance and new road construction taking place in the summer of 2018 is a game changer for Roatan. “You can hear the change of the atmosphere.
There is a long history of painters moving to tropical islands attracted by the embracing light of the warm sun, luscious greens of the vegetations, and the glorious and inspiring sunsets.
Corals reefs are dying. The MesoAmerican barrier reef surrounding Roatan is experiencing unprecedented fatal stress from increasing water temperature, acidity and nutrients like sewage, pesticides, and fertilizers.
She sits on her rocking chair looking at the Oak Ridge valley her family owned for almost 200 year, her gray hair blowing in the wind as she looks east towards the oak trees moving in the breeze.
