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Swimming with Dolphins

On February 3, 2012February 1, 2021
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Today was probably the best day of the trip so far as we managed to fit in a few really good experiences and the weather held out unlike yesterday!

I didn’t sleep much last night so this morning I got up at 6am to read on the balcony. Mena woke up early to call the dolphin place to see if they had any swimming with dolphin tickets left for the day and luckily they did have 3 places available at 230 but only for the “Dolphin Encounter” where you stood waist deep in the water rather than go swimming with the dolphins. This wasn’t the one we were aiming for but myself, Gary and Kelly decided to go anyway.

We went to Earth Mamas today again for breakfast but today I decided to sample the Eggs Benedict with hash browns to compare it to the eggs benedict I’ve been having back home – it wasn’t quite as nice but I still enjoyed it. I decided to make use of the snorkel rental next door as it was cheaper and the equipment was better condition too – only $5 plus a deposit rather than $10 if you hire it directly at West Bay.

Roatan Island
Roatan Island has lovely scenery 🙂
Yummy!
Eggs Benedict for breakfast
Roatan Island after rain
It rained a bit overnight as you can see

The sun was out all day today so I made full use of the time over in the West Bay today. I saw even more fish than before, including some large shoals, and probably stayed out in the water for an hour in total. This caused problems, however, as I managed to miss a small portion of my back while putting my sun cream on and I ended up getting rather badly burned just above the waist line and decided to spend the rest of my time at West Bay just relaxing on the beach.

Gary on the water taxi
Gary on the water taxi
A great beach
This was a great beach
Relaxing on the beach
Me relaxing on the beach

After returning to West End on the water taxi we dropped off our snorkeling equipment before catching a taxi to Anthony’s Key Resort for the Dolphin Encounter. The resort is lovely but is fake compared to the rest of the island. We arrived a little early so after checking in for the encounter there was time to head to the bar for drinks before returning for the briefing.

It was a short boat ride to the dolphin lagoon where we changed and put all of our valuables, except for cameras, in lockers that were provided before heading down to the waters edge. The dolphin in our encounter was called Mr French and we were told all about him and the other dolphins before seeing him do some tricks. We then got into the water where the encounter portion started and we were able to rub / touch Mr French as he swam past before the obligatory official photos which we could purchase afterwards. A word of advice be careful where you put your hand when you have the official photos taken as Gary said when he put his hand underneath he felt his hand slip into one of the little holes on the underside!

Me with some dolphins
Me with some dolphins on Roatan Island
Mr French
Mr French again 🙂
Mr French wanting some attention
Mr French coming past for a relaxing rub
Mr French
Mr French ready to be fed

The official photos actually came out well and at $10 each on a DVD, or all of the photos with us in for $40 we decided to get all of them for $40 and then just share the photos afterwards. After purchasing the DVD and a few souvenirs it was back into town where we had an early dinner at the pizzeria in town which, considering the location, was actually really nice. The rest of the group wanted to go out for another group meal but as we had already eaten we formed Team Breakaway (Mena, Kelly, Gary, Gina and myself) and had a few drinks at the bar over the water before heading back to the room to relax.

Mmmm Pizza :D
This was large but I was hungry!
Caribbean sunset
The sunset from the Pizzeria
In the bar over the water
In the bar over the water on Roatan Island
The bar in daylight
This is the bar in daylight, just to compare

Luckily it’s a lazy start tomorrow as we have two full days of travelling ahead of us, plus my sunburn is starting to hurt.

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In 2012 Central AmericaIn Beach , Boat , Central America , Dolphins , Honduras , Intrepid , Snorkelling , Swimming

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