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Hi All; I’m trying to find a new forecast that i like better. Have looked at accuweather.com for roatan for the end of March and it doesn’t look good. I don’t know why I had my hopes raised that I would be able to pick a country and a time that would conveniently have weather that would allow me to snorkel, but hey, I guess I was alluded. If you could help by supplying me with a website that would have a better forecast I would appreciate it. I don’t even really care at this point if it is accurate. It would just be nice to think it won’t rain. Anyone?

www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/HOXX0014?from=36hr_topnav_business

We were in Roatan from the 14th to the 21st of March and the weather was very sunny, extremely hot, bright blue skies and calm seas.The last full day there (Thursday), it rained very hard in the afternoon and into the next morning (Friday), when we were heading to the Airport. The skies looked very cloudy and miserable.

The rain on Thursday afternoon, did not stop Wossa and I from touring the Island and doing what we wanted to do. It rained so hard the roads were flooded and the water taxi’s could not operate due to stormy seas. All the dive ops canceled diving and moored their boats on the south side of the Island. Thankfully we had already completed all of our dives before the bad weather hit.

We had a blast in the rain shopping, site seeing and watching the huge waves crash over the reef onto the beach.

When we toured the Island Thursday morning, the sky was cloudy but fine and the sea was calm as we traveled by water taxi to the West End. We took a cab from the West End into Coxen Hole and around 2:00 p.m. the rain started. By the time we arrived back in the West End via a taxi the weather was crazy. The rain was incredible to see as it looked more like a monsoon but this did not stop the locals from carrying on with their day. The island did loose power but many of the stores had backup generators.The forecast looks terrible from now until the end of March but hey, you have to ask yourself how many days in a row it can rain that hard and steady, lol. There has to be sunny skies ahead and hopefully it will be during your vacation.I am sure you will have a fantastic vacation in Roatan as Wossa and I did.Freedom Ryder 8-)…………………

Owwww…….even now the sunny days forecast has now changed to rain according to the latest forecast…..

I am sure the weather depression in Honduras is still not as bad as the depression I am feeling for being back home…..

Wossa…… ;D

Hi All; I am back from Roatan and VERY VERY pleased to report that the weather was excellent for almost everyday. On the second last day it rained but not long enough to impede any snorkeling. Unfortunately I forget which website predicted the doom and gloom of daily rain, but they were wrong. It was windy most days but the visibility for snorkeling was still good and we weren’t tossed around.

Hi FR and Wossa;
There are a few differences between the HM and the FI. We did rent a car for the day and visit the HM so that we could see for ourselves what it was like there as we too were curious. Unfortunately, we did not get in snorkeling so I can’t compare the snorkeling (but you are divers anyway). We liked the FI resort. FI is older and more simpler than the HM. HM is bright and cheery and newer looking. FI is older. The major difference we noticed was the beach. There is much more beach options at the FI. It is almost like there are 2 temperature zones. At the gazebo where the snorkeling was there was plenty of wind (you could get quite chilly). When you were done snorkeling you could walk from spring into summer at the main beach. The main beach was sheltered and you could get toasty warm if you wanted. It was really neat to have the option. Be cool or be warm. The pool is much smaller at FI (only went in 2 x). The beach is much, much less crowded at FI. It is a very restful spot. No worries about saving chairs or saving a favourite spot as there were so many options. Few lineups at the bar, or in the buffet. Food was okay (some was actually quite good). Many options for beer (4 choices and a variety of cocktails). Red wine with dinner was iccky. If you like HM and the option of taking a water taxi to WEst End, you won’t like the fact that at FI if you want off the resort you basically have to hire a cab, do a tour or rent a car. Hiring a cab is quite expensive (starting at $25.00 to go to a near by restaurant). Hiring a car is not such a bad deal, except someone has to stay sober to drive, not such a good deal when you are on your holidays. Guests were mainly divers but there were some beach only people. The divers were quite happy with the set up. I’m thinking we are going to go to FI next year. HM is not for us as we hated West End. (not our cup of tea). We’ll rent a car for the entire week so we have some options for tripping off of the resort and stay one night at the Bay Island Beach Resort( if we can book it). We popped in there when we rented our vehicle and went out with a dive boat to snorkel. That day the ocean was so calm and visibility was wonderful. We seen some awesome monster parrot fish and some big barracuda. Ted and Cam O’Neil from BIBR were also wonderful. Hope that helps. (& makes sense as I think I am still jet-lagged.)

Once we were finished touring around and shopping in Coxen Hole, we managed to get a cab back to the West End for $2.00 per person. We finally found a cab driver that was not trying to rip us off. Of course we told him we had been living on the Island for 2 months now and knew the cost of a cab ride to the West End.

Once back in the West End the weather was very stormy and all of the water taxis had stopped running due to the rough seas. Now the prices of cabs went up drastically since the cab drivers knew we had to get back to the Hm and had no way to get there.The driver wanted $10.00 to drive us there but we found another person that spoke awesome Spanish and she gave him a tongue lashing for trying to rip us off. Eventually the driver said he would bring us back to the HM for $2.50 per person which was cheaper than the water taxis, had they been running.Once back at the resort we spoke to other tourists that had paid a fortune to cover the same area as we had that day on our little tour. We had a blast and it was quite an adventure trying to get from the HM, to the West End and into Coxen Hole and back again.If we return to the HM we will once again venture out on our own and do the water taxi, cab ride adventure again just so we can experience all the things we did the first time around and also to save a load of cash.Freedom Ryder 8-)…………….

Hi FR; I think that is quite clever to pass yourself off as Roatan regulars. I had the feeling that things are quite a bit cheaper when off of the reserve, but the walk out of the reserve was too far to bother doing. We were even going to walk out to the main road and grab the locals bus (we did that in Mayan Riviera for real cheap). And re: your spanish helpers, Wouldn’t it be nice to speak spanish fluently ourselves, man the fun we could have. I’ve been trying to learn with cd’s for years and found that the Roatans really didn’t understand me (the cubans understand my spanish better). Have a great evening.

I totally hear where your coming from regarding learning the Spanish from CD’s…..OMG, I ping the Cd’s into the car for a week before we ever go away, and I really don’t think I should bother……even Freedom said to me last time, Wossa don’t bother, your a nightmare………jejejeje. It would be so awesome to speak some Spanish, especially if your claiming to live on the Island….

Wossa………… ;D

si senorita, and just to let you know i pronounce jejejeje as hehehehe in my head. That was quite clever. Do you find the cubans comprende your espanol mejor than the Roatans?