Honduras

Day 3: Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Honduras 

What an incredible time we had in Mahogany Bay. We went snorkeling and it was by far the scariest/coolest thing I have ever done. Let me give you a little background on the whole snorkeling situation. 

I am deathly afraid of water. Despite having taken years of swimming lessons while growing up, I am sad to admit I can not swim. I secretly think I can swim, but when I get into the water my anxiety takes over and I just sink or awkwardly doggie paddle my way to the edge of the pool. So when Colin suggested that we go snorkeling, I was sure I was going to die. The other thing about me is I love fish. I love to look at fish, especially tropical fish, and I love to watch the wildlife shows about the ocean. So I knew that despite my fear I couldn't pass up this amazing opportunity. 

When we came off the cruise ship we got onto this boat with about 30 other people all going snorkeling. I looked around and the average age of the people on this excursion with us must have been around 65. It was the best sight I have ever seen. I knew that if these old people (please don't be offended if you are 65 and I am calling you old) could survive then I could. It took about an hour to get out to the reef and when we finally got there I was so scared but ready.

 Here we are in our lovely gear. (Notice my huge life jacket)

Unfortunately I didn't have a waterproof camera so I don't have any pictures of what we saw down there, but let me tell you it was awesome!!! There were so many colorful fish of all different sizes. The coral was beautiful and really deep in parts. The coolest fish we saw was a barracuda!! The only reason I know that it was a barracuda is because the tour guide told me. If you don't know what one looks like here is a picture. 

 Holy crap right!! 

Scariest thing ever. It was pretty far down but still really cool that we got to see it.

Turns out with flippers and a huge life jacket I had nothing to worry about. I did not want to come back to the boat. Colin really enjoyed it as well and he would dive down which is just too crazy for me. It was such a fun experience and I hope to go a million more times in my life. 

Remember all those old people I told you about? Talk about party animals. On the way back to our cruise ship there was an open bar which meant a bunch of drunk old crazies. They were flashing their "goods" to everyone and taking pictures and singing songs. It was seriously hilarious and so disturbing. Overall our experience in Honduras was one to remember!