Here is not there……. To me one of the HUGE benefits of living here is the tremendous quantity of fresh seafood & fruits and vegetables available all year around. FRESH makes flavors ‘POP’ and most of it is naturally grown. Of course this makes for fat , sometimes weird shaped carrots, instead of the uniform sized little ‘soldiers’ you get …
Here is not There…….Culture Differences #3
Here is not there……. ‘There’, when stores have sales they often promote it in various ways which may be as in places like newspaper’s , magazines, radio, TV. Although some of that may happen on the mainland of Honduras not so much on the islands. Here (and on the mainland, in addition to what they use for advertising), they roll …
Here is not There…….Culture Differences #2
Here is not there……. If you go to almost any translator software or Spanish/English dictionary and look up mañana you will find the definition of tomorrow. That is not necessarily so because in reality it is the definition but in practice not so much. In my experience it is more like sometime in the future. If you make an appointment …
Here is not There…….Culture Differences -Notary/Attorney
Here is not There…….. Notary…Attorney There, it is not a large challenge to become a notary. Here it is. Here a Notario (Notary) requires a law degree plus considerable extra education. If you communicate with a REALTOR regarding a real estate transaction, in most instances, (for any document that needs to be filed in a government Registry), you will need …
Mail delivery -From your old home to your new home
Honduras actually has a mail delivery system and on the mainland they actually have addresses in many places. Not so much here in the Bay Islands. You actually can mail something from the U.S. or Canada and address it something like ‘Joe Smith’, Fosters, West Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras and ‘Joe’ would probably get it. You actually can address …
Things to do – Mango Creek
Mango Creek Lodge is Roatan’s perfect hidden spot on the East end of the island. Offering everything from week-long all-inclusive vacations to guided fishing day trips, guided snorkeling and Pigeon Cay picnic trips. Accessible only by boat, the picturesque over-the-water cabanas and restaurant provide the quintessential Caribbean experience. With 22 acres of lush jungle and gardens filled with all the …
Utila Information
January of this year (2014) we announced that RE/MAX would at that time be doing business with ‘boots on the ground’ on Utila. This is something I had thought about for years but really could just not find the right people to do that. People that were honest, hard working and knowledgeable. On the downside for me I have spent …
Permit ‘Hunting’ (Fishing actually)
I have done a lot of fishing in my life from ‘trolley fishing’ for perch in Lake Michigan as a kid with my father, walleye and salmon fishing in Michigan rivers, ‘fly-in’ trips to northern Canada and a ton of Bass fishing in the midwest. When I moved to Roatan I did some bill fishing here, (sail fish and Marlin) …
Independence Day Weekend Fishing Tournament
This past week end was Independence Day here in Honduras and that marks the International Bill Fishing Contest and a Parade in every community. The Fishing Tourney had 65 boats and teams this year with a top cash prize of over $15,000 U.S. and an automatic entry to a World competition. Well the competition was great and for the first …
RE/MAX Bay Islands Real Estate
Bay Islands Real Estate As most of you are aware, the bursting of the real estate bubble in 2008 in the United States and 2009 here on the Bay Islands had a devastating impact on property prices in both places. Volumes plummeted. Although it opened the market to many more buyers, the market also shifted from clients buying mostly raw …