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Walter James and Dwin Osly Bodden are like a father and a son artistic duo. Walter, 68, plays the guitar and Dwin, 33, sings and plays the keyboards.
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A Giant Leap for Turtle
Roatan is now home to the world’s biggest turtle sculpture. The Carey Turtle is 96’-6”long and 46 feet wide and weighs 18,000 pounds and after a precarious project of building it, cutting it has been lifted on top of a four-story West End commercial building.
Fire in Mud Hole
The fires that have been burning in the Roatan Municipal Garbage Dump could be getting closer to their end and not a minute too soon for residents and visitors.
The Five Colonias of Sandy Bay
There are now five colonias in Sandy Bay and each one has its own special flavor. Balfate, the oldest Colonia, is relaxed with a smooth-functioning patronato, a well, and no establishments selling alcohol as alcohol sales are seen by the community as attracting violence
SOL Shines in Sandy Bay
SOL steps in where parents can’t or won’t, it’s like a neighborhood hangout place form 1950s America. Sandy Bay, the neighborhood where SOL is based, is a community under enormous stress with many single parents and young mothers trying desperately to keep their families afloat.
Roatan Natural Healers
Living in partnership with nature means knowing your plants, understanding their properties, and respecting their place around us. While common knowledge of plant healing properties has disappeared, a few older islanders and a couple young ones continue the tradition of scholarship and healing with island