Calabash Chica

PIRATES OF ROATAN Roatan Island has a long history of pirates and pirate treasures .  It is estimated by the mid 17 th  century there were approximately 5,000 pirates living on Roatan and the Bay Islands. So many stories abound from Henry Morgan to Blackbeard to John Coxen.  The island was famous as pirate hiding grounds and many of the island’s mangrove tunnels were cut out by pirates and buccaneers to escape detection You can read about the island’s pirate history here: https://www.roatanhistory.com Today, the island’s pirate history is well celebrated with many festivals and parties. One such occasion on the East End of the island is  Roatan Pirate Week, held every year in February.  A little inconvenience like COVID wasn't going to stop these pirates !   There was live bands and money for the local kinder was raised as there is an urgent need for building a restroom for the little ones. The Bay Island Rockers featuring Luis Ro...

  GETTING ME BONKEY DOWN TO DA ROCK (Getting my butt down to Roatan) How to plan to get to Roatan from Canada and not lose your mind? Let me tell you.   It took 5 bookings, 4 airports, 3 flights, 2 days and 1 PCR COVID test to get here. I started by booking the direct charters from Canada.  First with Air Transat, then when the pandemic second wave started ramping up they cancelled the whole 2020-21 season and gave a flight credit only. Then I booked with WestJet for December 2020 since I had vacation to use.  WestJet cancelled all December flights so I rebooked a January flight. Then WestJet cancelled the remainder of the 2020-21 season. I did receive a full refund from WestJet.  Kudos to them for that.  Delta had opened flights starting March, going through Atlanta, so I booked one of those, and yep you guessed it, Delta cancelled all those flights. Finally for the 5th booking I looked to American Airlines, it seemed the only option left as all the...