Day 81 Oct 23 2014 Carnival Conquest

west bay

beach at west bay 

local refreshment

Day 81    Oct 23 2014   Carnival Conquest

The ship docked in Mahogany Bay Isla Rotan Honduras.  We took a taxi ride to West Bay were we got a deal on a boat to take us snorkeling on a reef.  After approx 40 minutes in the water Isabel got scared when she got separated from us by slightly more than her comfort zone (not very far) and screamed.  It was only a few minutes after that she informed us she was not feeling well.  I stopped swimming to see what was wrong with her and ended up cutting my foot on some coral.  Isabel feeling sick resulted in us cutting our snorkeling trip short; however as soon as we got back to the beach she miraculously got better.    It was sad to see how much garbage was in the water when we were snorkeling, all sorts of plastic wrappers, bottles and bags.  We were pushing the garbage out of the way with our bodies as we were swimming. We ended up swimming on the beach for a while longer then returning to the cruise pier.     We went snorkeling close to the pier and it was OK but not as good as the boat dive for fish but there was a lot less garbage.  Of the place we have been snorkeling on this trip so far the consensus is that Cozumel was the best.