The Monday Lobster Special

I love lobster.  And I really love ordering lobster when the restaurant has a magical location right on the water with beautiful sunset views and a Monday night special including three tails and your choice of two sides for $18 U.S.




 
The restaurant is Beachers.  They have multiple locations on Roatan, including one on the beach in West Bay and another one on the main road in West End.

Love the Blues

 




Early morning West Bay Beach shoreline.

 




A cruise ship passes West Bay Beach headed to dock in Coxen Hole.





The quiet calm blue waters of West Bay before the tours arrive.  





  The leaning tower of Roatan. 

 




Late afternoon on Half Moon Bay in West End.

 




Captain Brooks' wooden boat at Beachers' West End dock as the sun begins to drop.

 



The dark pastels of

El Paraiso

Roatan is a paradise (el paraiso) where the lush jungle meets the turquoise sea.  The flora and fauna are a large part of the charm that drew us back to the island again after our first trip in December 2015. 





The view from the patio. 




You could fill your morning breakfast bowl with fruit found on Roatan.   We walked past this papaya tree everyday on our way to West Bay.




Speaking

A Sunset Walk

One of the joys of the tropics is watching the sun go down at the beach.  The sun sets early on Roatan, so we'd often take a late afternoon walk down the road to West Bay.




A little boy runs down the beach while the big yellow glass bottom boat makes its last run over the reef headed back to the dock.





The sun sinking behind the Infinity Bay dock on West Bay Beach.

 



Sunset marks the

Roatan: The Sequel

I thought I was finally done blogging after my sporadic nine year term, but I've found additional inspiration after a month in Paradise at the end of 2017.




After a two year absence, the lush island of Roatan with all its rustic funky tropical splendor was calling our names again.

 
We left Phoenix in the dark at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morn in early December.  Right after the doors closed on