My Fruitful Life: Roatan, Honduras

Maya Key Island, Honduras

Honduras was our first stop on our cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas and probably my favorite place we went. The country was beautiful. You could tell there was a lot of poverty, sadly. However, the people were very kind and friendly. I'm always amazed with the generosity and spirits of some people who have so little. We booked an excursion through our cruise ship to visit Maya Key, a private island that was just 3 minutes away by boat. However, it didn't leave until later in the morning so we had some time to see the port city.

After breakfast we asked Blue Rock if he wanted to go with us on land or play with the kids for a little bit before we went to the beach. He said he wanted to play with the kids. So we dropped him off at the kids club and went on land. It would be very easy to do your own excursion on Roatan.Honduras. There are lots of taxis and plenty of people offering tours for about half the price as on the ship. Of course there are always risks when you do your own thing. We did a lot of our own things on our cruises in Europe but since having Blue Rock and not being as familiar with things over here we wanted to keep it as safe as we could while he was with us. We did see a guy with a sign of some fun things, including zip lining. We inquired about it and it was literally a few minutes walk away. For $40 a person we went up a mountain and down 18 zip lines, 24 plat forms, and 2 bridges. He said our 3-year year old could go and they've had children as young as 2 go. However, I could see the potential confusion Blue Rock would get from jumping off a high platform attached to a zip line verses jumping off of anything without a zip line. Also there was quite a bit of walking and hiking up the mountain and the ladders were pretty steep and not very safe for someone with small feet. Not to mention we dropped from very high places. Thankfully he was having a blast with the other kids on the ship and my husband and I went for our 45 minute zip lining tour. We spent the most time in this country due to the fact that we ended up doing two separate excursions, the beach and zip lining. We loved it, though, and are so glad we got to go zip lining.

After zip lining we went around back and saw their little zoo. They had monkey's, deer, and birds. Blue Rock would have loved the little zoo. After that we returned to the ship to get Blue Rock and head to the private island.

Maya Key Island was gorgeous. The water was clear and calm. We brought our snorkel gear so we snorkeled some, swam, and built sand castles. There were also some Mayan Ruins and some endangered animals on the island as well. A BBQ lunch was included (the food was good, especially the fish) and we had a wonderful and relaxing time. We all agreed that we would go back to Honduras. Honduras was Blue Rock's 20th country to visit. Here are some pictures from our time there.