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Happy New Year!
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Jan. 2nd, 2007 | 08:15 am
Hello everyone,
I hope that everyone had a great holiday week and enjoyed your New years eve and day. This has been a very busy week for West Bay Beach. There have been cruise ships almost everyday and some days, 2 and last Wednesday there were 3 huge ships here. I had to go into Coxen Hole to the bank that day to pay the phone bill (for all of you who have been to the banks here on Roatan you know how dreaded this can be; maybe just 30 minutes or maybe 2 hours+). I came around the bend from Flowers Bay to Gravels Bay and could see all 3 of them docked there together. They looked like they were bigger that our island and right there I think they are taller. What an incredible sight. At night it is so pretty to sit on the deck and watch them leave with all their lights on, they look like a big floating city going by. Today there are 2 ships in. The guys are not able to go to the beach and sell coconuts & rum today as they need to get the new bungalows finished soon.
News Years Eve we went with a group of friends to Pinocchio's for dinner in West End. We had a wonderful dinner. Jacob and I shared the lobster pasta which was enough for both of us. I also heard the peanut butter shrimp was great. It is in the middle of town near Twisted Tucan; just watch for the sign and then walk up the hill. We came home early and sat on our deck and listened to the reggae band playing at ilPomodoro down the street. From here the volume was just perfect. We also watched the fireworks on the beach. They were right in front of us. At 11:45 we walked down to the beach to watch the finale and wait for the countdown to midnight. There were so many people out on the beach partying, it was still 83' outside. We stayed for a little while and then walked back home. Yesterday was Eileen DuMonceaux's annual polarbear swim. There were lots of people who showed up for the run down the beach with new years eve hats on and jump in the water. I think it was originally meant for the water in Canada, but we all pretended to be cold. It was a blast. The beach was packed and the weather was perfect. It has been beautiful weather for the last week, except for the day after Christmas in the morning when it got down to 73'. You could tell all the locals as we were the ones wearing jeans and sweatshirts. The cruise ship people were still trying to lay out with their towels around them. By afternoon it was back to normal. I guess that if you are reading this from the states you might not feel that sorry for us huh? I'm attaching a photo of some of the people who were there.
Have a great afternoon,
Celeste
I hope that everyone had a great holiday week and enjoyed your New years eve and day. This has been a very busy week for West Bay Beach. There have been cruise ships almost everyday and some days, 2 and last Wednesday there were 3 huge ships here. I had to go into Coxen Hole to the bank that day to pay the phone bill (for all of you who have been to the banks here on Roatan you know how dreaded this can be; maybe just 30 minutes or maybe 2 hours+). I came around the bend from Flowers Bay to Gravels Bay and could see all 3 of them docked there together. They looked like they were bigger that our island and right there I think they are taller. What an incredible sight. At night it is so pretty to sit on the deck and watch them leave with all their lights on, they look like a big floating city going by. Today there are 2 ships in. The guys are not able to go to the beach and sell coconuts & rum today as they need to get the new bungalows finished soon.
News Years Eve we went with a group of friends to Pinocchio's for dinner in West End. We had a wonderful dinner. Jacob and I shared the lobster pasta which was enough for both of us. I also heard the peanut butter shrimp was great. It is in the middle of town near Twisted Tucan; just watch for the sign and then walk up the hill. We came home early and sat on our deck and listened to the reggae band playing at ilPomodoro down the street. From here the volume was just perfect. We also watched the fireworks on the beach. They were right in front of us. At 11:45 we walked down to the beach to watch the finale and wait for the countdown to midnight. There were so many people out on the beach partying, it was still 83' outside. We stayed for a little while and then walked back home. Yesterday was Eileen DuMonceaux's annual polarbear swim. There were lots of people who showed up for the run down the beach with new years eve hats on and jump in the water. I think it was originally meant for the water in Canada, but we all pretended to be cold. It was a blast. The beach was packed and the weather was perfect. It has been beautiful weather for the last week, except for the day after Christmas in the morning when it got down to 73'. You could tell all the locals as we were the ones wearing jeans and sweatshirts. The cruise ship people were still trying to lay out with their towels around them. By afternoon it was back to normal. I guess that if you are reading this from the states you might not feel that sorry for us huh? I'm attaching a photo of some of the people who were there.
Have a great afternoon,
Celeste