Secured a visa from the Honduras consulate in SFO on March 2nd, and packed my bags to leave on the 3rd morning. SEA – IAH on the 3rd morning. 3rd night at Aravind and Veena’s and onward to Roatan on the 4th morning.
Dinner time – 5 pm @Smuggler’s resort in the West Bay. John and I went on a stroll to explore the West End before dinner, and found Sundowner’s – the place we got named the “eclectic team”. More on that later.
Getting a Honduras visa was one of the easiest experiences till date. Thanks for the extremely friendly staff at the SFO consulate. The overnight stop in Houston was fun as well – caught up with family and had some tasty Gujarati food at Bhojan. John overnighted at the airport, and was ready for some “masala dosa” and sambhar for breakfast. Luckily for him, Veena packed some pongal for him, so he was a happy camper. It turned out Mark and Tanya had missed their connecting flight on the 3rd, so they were on the same flight as well from IAH to RTB.
The flight was on time and we landed in sunny Roatan at around 1 pm local time on Sunday. Tom Hackett (Alternative Missions) was waiting for us at the airport. The “vacation with a purpose” had started!
80 odd degrees and 70-80% humidity it was. A perfect sunny day! We visited a couple of build sites that Mark and his team were going to work on the following week.
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| A visit to the build site on Sunday |
Loved riding on the back of the truck. By 3 pm we made our way to Seagrape Plantation Resort – our home for the next 6 days.
Dinner time – 5 pm @Smuggler’s resort in the West Bay. John and I went on a stroll to explore the West End before dinner, and found Sundowner’s – the place we got named the “eclectic team”. More on that later.
Post-dinner, we ended up at Sundowner’s for some drinks, and that is where we started chatting with the bartender/owner. Our conversation started with local rums (guess Honduran rum isn’t very popular) and we tried a rum/coke, but the rums weren’t anything memorable, except the last ten minutes of the conversation. The bartender was curious to know what our “eclectic group” was doing in Roatan J That is what resulted in the title for this blog!
Tomorrow was going to be the first day of the build…who knows what is in store.
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| Smugglers Resort |
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