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Lionfish by piling at Fantasy Island Marina.

Live in the Sunshine, Swim The Sea, Drink The Wild Air

Lily has found three chums to hang with this week. They swim, play “wax statues” on the beach, chase monkeys and giggle loudly. Ok, well, Lily seems to be the principal giggler. That will surprise no one back home. Also, one monkey will chase back and has sharp little claws. Lily is also chums with […]

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Fire balls in the air

Nightlife and Havana Beach

Most nights, we hit the sheets pretty soon after the sun goes down. Between volleyball, playing on the beach and the nightly cool-down cocktail, we are ready at nightfall to surrender to the gentle rocking of our berths. However, Friday night we soldiered up and stayed up until 11 pm to watch the Fantasy Island […]

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Monkey making his get-away from Ulysses.

Cruisers Got Game

We showed up for the cruisers daily volleyball game. I had this pictured as a few of us knocking the ball around with an occasional “not to bad maybe we should keep score” moment. Score was kept. I should have realized what was about to go down when one of the players said to Lily, […]

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West End Bar overlooking the anchorage

West End – Roatan

We spent yesterday snorkeling on the West End Bay reef. We saw lots of interesting coral and colorful fish. The Parrot Fish are the easiest for us to spot and id. We love to watch their fins fluttering so gently as the nibble the corral with their weird-looking mouths. After a couple of hours of […]

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Czech looking nice and bright in the morning light.

Utila, Honduras

We left on Sunday for Roatan and just made it to Utila, a few miles short of our intended destination. We anchored the first night in Texan Bay and hit the prettiest part of the river the next morning with a beautiful sun breaking through the fog. Lily likes to get on the bow of […]

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