As much fun as I’ve been having diving Puget Sound, there’s no getting around the fact that the water is 50 degrees and fairly unpleasant. It was about time for Jason and I to take our diving somewhere warm and tropical! Now, Jason used to dive all the time in Florida, but aside from one “intro to scuba” beach dive in Guam, I’ve never been in warm water.  We did manage to get all of our clothing and scuba crap into one piece of checked luggage per person and then we were on our way to the island of Roatan in Honduras.  We chose to stay in the Coco View Resort.  This is probably mostly because Jason has a coworker who just returned from there and it sounded awesome. Sounds good to me!  They’re an all inclusive that features unlimited shore diving and two boat dives a day.  That’s going to be more diving in a week than I have logged in total. Excellent!

Guests are assigned to dive boats for the week
Guests are assigned to dive boats for the week
We have Coco I
We have Coco I
Scuba stickers everywhere
Scuba stickers everywhere
Rows of tanks
Rows of tanks
Nitrox is a thing that some people enjoy.
Nitrox is a thing that some people enjoy.
Tanks!
Tanks!
Even more rows of tanks...
Even more rows of tanks…
Random sign for the night dive area
Random sign for the night dive area

 

We have tags like cattle. It's so they don't misplace a guest.
We have tags like cattle. It’s so they don’t misplace a guest.
Leaves on a tree
Leaves on a tree
Signpost. Couldn't read most of it but it was covered in diving stuff anyway.
Signpost. Couldn’t read most of it but it was covered in diving stuff anyway.

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coco-9404

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They have three parrots. This one was shy but I finally got him!
They have three parrots. This one was shy but I finally got him!
Someone remind me why I hate shooting birds. This is hard.
Someone remind me why I hate shooting birds. This is hard.
Feathers
Feathers
Colorful
Colorful
Lounge chairs and hammocks
Lounge chairs and hammocks
Empty Coke bottle
Empty Coke bottle
Some of the cabins
Some of the cabins
Old map on the wall
Old map on the wall
Another lounge spot
Another lounge spot
Detail on the iron table
Detail on the iron table
We were in the Mango Suite
We were in the Mango Suite
View of the water and door to our cabin
View of the water and door to our cabin
Nothing says tropical vacation like hammocks
Nothing says tropical vacation like hammocks
View from the roof
View from the roof
That wasn't empty for long!
That wasn’t empty for long!
Hammock strings
Hammock strings
Artsy fartsy shot
Artsy fartsy shot
More macro
More macro
Grass. This is in like a foot of water. I promise.
Grass. This is in like a foot of water. I promise.
Jason in a hammock
Jason in a hammock
Palm frond
Palm frond

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Conch shell
Conch shell
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
Apples
Apples

I feel like I should explain this last shot a bit. We have this awesome Mexican blanket on the bed in our room and I was taking a photo of it and wondered what would happen if I used a slow shutter speed to blur the lines.  It ended up looking like a sunset over the ocean, which I thought was pretty neat!

Cool, right?!
Cool, right?!

So yeah, Roatan is awesome.  The resort is surrounded by lush tropical reefs that are easy to get to (and snorkel too, if you’re into that sort of thing).  I had never dove off of a boat before, but they made that super easy as well! Aside from being exhausted from all the diving, I’m having a BLAST! 🙂