If you are purchasing property in the Bay islands, no attorney there (wherever ‘there’ is), will be able to advise you. If you are running a purchase past your attorney ‘there’ or running it by your accountant ‘there’, you have a 99.9% chance of getting a ‘blank stare’. Some who buy here wish to use their professionals ‘there’ to advise. …
The ‘Rainy’ Season
I pretty much dislike that term, ‘rainy season’, in that it becomes ‘all encompassing’ giving the impression that when it is the ‘rainy season’ here that all it does is rain. That is not even close to being accurate. A better word for the season really would be ‘winter’ The only difference is that it is ‘better wet than white’. …
Roatan Bay Is.-September Newsletter
Happy September from Roatan Bay Islands Honduras in the beautiful Western Caribbean! It is always a nice time of the year for all. Kids and grandkids are all back in school in North America, it is ‘apple picking time’ in much of north America, leaves even start changing in the far north reaches providing a rainbow a beautiful colors. Of …
New Eats- Three new restaurants opening on the island!
If you have not been on the island one thing I will say is that with all the cultures, both the several Honduran cultures on the island and foreigners that now have a new place to hang their bathing suits, most that come here rave about the food. I had one client tells me he wanted to move here because …
Which side of the Street do I drive on?
Coming from the U.S to the island some years back I really did not give this much thought previous to a client asking me this in that historically we are part of the British Empire. I know in Cayman and other places of British heritage people dire on the left side of the road but here like the U.S. and …
Honduras Third in World in Palm Oil Exports
In an article published yesterday on Honduras.com tells of the Palm Oil exports in the World. A good read and a good source for your daily news from this country. African palm oil produced in Honduras has gained worldwide popularity. At present, Honduras is considered the third largest producer and exporter of African palm oil in Latin America, just behind …
New Discovery of Ancient City in Honduras
A new ancient city discovered in Honduras. If you like history, or archeology or have any adventure in your blood this should really interest you. In 1526, the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortez, told King Charles V about this ancient ancient province called Xucuta that was said to exceed Mexico in riches and was it’s equal in size of towns, multitude …
Why would someone buy a place on Roatan or another Off-shore location?
For many years we have heard many reasons. Some of those are for reasons involving investment, weather, mid and/or later life adventures, lower cost of living, and vacation homes. Has that changed in the past few years? I think if you ask any real estate professional in the Caribbean and Central America your answer will be an overwhelming YES! What …
Hurricane Warnings! Not so much.
Yes I know people automatically think of warm weather places, even like Florida and the eastern Caribbean, and think that dodging Hurricanes will be like dodging tornados in the states. Nope. Those hurricanes almost always start off the coast of Africa then head west. More often than not the eastern Caribbean, Florida, Cuba, the gulf coast are the most visited …
Rotary District Conference -2014
For those of you who are among the millions who are members of Rotary International, you already know what a great organization it is. Rotary Groups work locally, within their communities, with the calling of ‘others before self’ and contribute 100% of any funds raised to benefit their communities. The Roatan Rotary Group has been chosen to host the 2014 …