Bad news, West End. Yesterday’s Roatan Municipal meeting confirmed the worst fears of local restaurant and bar owners: no booze is to be served or consumed at any time during Semana Santa (Holy Week— the week leading up to Easter). Beginning on 5 April 2009 and ending on Easter Day, 12 April 2009, the sale and public consumption of alcohol is forbidden on the whole of Roatan. My advice? Stockpile.

Coconut Tree Divers is proud to participate in the 3rd Annual Golden Buoy competition to raise money for the SOL Internation Foundation. Each year, local dive shops compete in a challenge to raise the most money for the SOL International Foundation. The winning dive shop will be honored with the coveted Golden Buoy at Oasis Bar on 16 April during the second annual Dive Shop Olympics. The SOL International Foundation is working to initiate and support community-based programs designed to promote education and increase the quality of life on Roatan. Through the support of grants and initiatives they are committed to enhancing the standards of education, arts and athletics in lesser developed areas. Click the link below to donate to » read more «

I’m trying to not drip puss all over my shiny new MacBook. Last week I was bit by a spider. I don’t know what type of spider. If I knew what type of spider bit me, I wouldn’t have let it crawl on my neck in the first place. I just woke up with two lovely incision marks near my left jugular. In lieu of developing spidey-sense, I got a fever. I can’t sling webs from my wrist nor swoop in unexpectedly on bad guys. I can, however, ooze puss, spread Staph, and sit around looking decidedly unheroic. I can’t even climb into my superhero suit (the wet variety) for the next three days. Aside from a woman named Mary » read more «