Category Archives: Enjoying winter

The two weeks with Cheryl, Adam and the kids went by quickly. Cheryl was able to do her open water certification and then go diving with the guys. While they were diving I got to play with Hannah and Davis. A visit to the chocolate factory is always fun! The kids really wanted to holdContinue reading “Vacation with the kids Roatan April 2019”

Water babies This post is a little late coming, seeing that we have been home for two weeks already.We had a wonderful vacation with Adam, Cheryl, Hannah and Davis. Immediately on arrival we hit the beach. We were able to enjoy pizza all winter as there is a really good place, even gluten free!! NextContinue reading “Adam, Cheryl and the grandkids”

  The hot springs were an hours drive outside Copan, the distance was not great, just that it was a mountainous, switch-back dirt road.  There were houses along most of the way, some rather nice, some not so much. We were told the new housing starts may be the result of money sent home fromContinue reading “Copan Hot Springs”

The ruins at Copan are probably the best, and largest, I have seen. This site was about a kilometre from town and the only one we had time to see. It was well maintained, and so clean… take a look at the broom this guy is using. Several trees at the entrance to the parkContinue reading “Myan ruins at Copan”

This is our third year coming to The Bay Island of Roatan,  and we had never been to the mainland. Our first trip off the island to rio Cangrejal was a wonderful experience…. this time we decided to go a little further afield….to Copan RuinasOur flight left Roatan at 6:30 AM. (we might have beenContinue reading “Going to Copan”

Camp Bay Beach Well, let me say first of all that I deleted this original post in error…. so here’s to re-creation. Daryl and I had never made it to the far end of the island. As our time on Roatan is whipping by, it was time to go exploring again. We got in theContinue reading “Going to the East End of the island”

Hard to believe almost five months volunteering at the clinic has come to an end.My last day was interesting as I got to go on a field trip with a couple of other volunteers and the community health nurse, Karla. It was kind of like a well baby clinic. The mom’s brought the kids, theyContinue reading “My last day at the clinic”

We had an amazing trip to the mainland! Cangrejal River Getting around Roatan can be expensive or not…. so at 5:30 in the morning we took a ‘colectivo’ (a multistop minibus) to the ferry terminal.  The ferry ride was about 90 minutes to the mainland.  A driver met us and it took an hour toContinue reading “First trip to the mainland”

Throughout my career I have had the privilege of working with many wonderful people. Have to say, my first volunteer “job” has been quite the experience, I again have had the privilege of getting to know the most lovely, dedicated people.With permission, I was able to get pictures of some of the staff and volunteers.Continue reading “More about the clinic”