Yesterday we decided to rent a car and go for Chinese food...in Honduras. Need I say more? HAHA!! First I'll recap the day before yesterday. In the afternoon I get a knock at the door. It's my landlord's fiance. He says there's been talk that I clean a lot....like a lot, a lot. In fact, it's making the maid very nervous. HUH? There's a maid here? Apparently yes...she comes in once a week to do all the cleaning and wash the sheets. AND, get this...there is a washing machine downstairs. I guess I'm the only one who didn't know. It would have been wonderful to know all of this before I handwashed, sheets, towels and clothes in the sweltering heat!! Oh well...we both had a good chuckle and I still intend to clean on top of her cleaning. Cleanliness really is next to Godliness when you're living in Honduras....
Anyway, like I said, we rented a little Geo Tracker yesterday. It's pretty cute and did the trick. We set out to explore the island and got up early so we'd have enough time. Turns out, this island is only 30 miles long and 3 miles at its widest. Exploring it didn't take as much time as we thought it would!! BUT, let me tell you, it sure is beautiful. I mean, the scenery is breath-taking. Along the roads you can see parts of sunken ships sticking out of the water. I've never imaged something so awe-inspiring in my wildest dreams. Of course, I couldn't get a picture because Kevin's idea of exploring and mine are very different. I envisioned stops along the way to get loads of photos...he envisioned driving like a local cabbie...forget signaling...and slowing down to take corners anyway? It was an experience. Finally we ended up on the north side of the island at a place called Paya Bay...incredible! Here are a few pics...
I managed to delete the middle pic which was a cute one of us!! ARGH...will add it again later.
We then hit up Eldon's which is where all the US, Canadians and English get their groceries. It has almost everything you'd need at almost double the price! We got some great supplies but it wasn't cheap. Roatan really isn't cheap at all...it's quite expensive (except rent). After we looked around some more we decided to pick up Shona for dinner. After driving around aimlessly we spotted a Chinese place that a) didn't have any Chinese people working there that we could see and b) served Wan Tan soup. We didn't let it faze us and decided to order.
Never in our lives have we seen such huge portions. Below is what we got AFTER our Wan Tan Soup and egg rolls. It was HUGE and we couldn't believe our eyes. This is just the fried rice..
This is after the three of us (remember that Kevin was there too) ate ourselves into exhaustion. This is our "after" photo!! Can you believe the left-overs? Shona sure can't! It took us forever to try and pack it into to-go containers and, when all was said and done, we dropped it off at the dive shop. If you want a feeding frenzy drop off Chinese left-overs at the shop after a dive. It was amazing!
Anyway, I thought I'd better include a few photos of our new apartment. We are getting pretty comfortable in here now and like it more and more. The photo below is our living room (note our twin bed couch). The tv doesn't have cable so it's pretty much useless! Oh well...
Looking through our balcony doors (which both open) to our hammock.
This is the view from our hallway. I didn't post a photo of the bathroom or bedroom because this damn website takes forever to load them. They are right behind me as I take this photo below...To your left is the kitchen and the right is our living room. Up ahead is our beautiful huge balcony...the best part about the place.
This is our kitchen! It's small but well-stocked after our trip to the market. It's funny but this is the first time I've ever had a toaster oven...had to come all the way to Honduras to get my first one! They're pretty awesome.
Today we are going into the dive shop (as we do everyday anyway) to work on some diving academics. Tonight I'm going to make a nice pasta dish and it should be a good day! Although most days seem to be great on Roatan. I'll leave you with a photo I took last night as the sun was setting behind our boats Bottom Time and Wish U Were Here.
We certainly do wish you were here! xoxox
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