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| Posted On: | 28-Dec-2006 |
| From: | Leslie [leslie....org] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] West bay |
--Hi8EAbPxrYlMAccNivdbDwo-K78NWGR4aQ5hqCs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We stayed at Foster's West Bay beach last Feb. (One of our three visits to the island this year) I grew to hate cruise ship day. I know it is good for the local economy (in the short run). After the party goers had returned to their ship my 6 & 9 year old knew it was time to grab all the plastic bags we had accumulated from the grocerie store. We walked down the beach picking up all those endless little white plastic cups floating in the surf. napkins, plastic bags, sun screen, packaging from floaties or souvenirs. We filled 10 grocerie sacks with it. We then deposited it into the MANY trash cans in front of hotels along the beach. That was just what was above water. We had seen and collected as much as we could during our snorkle trips. btw the bottles were not so abundant at the end of the day because many locals will at least collect those to turn into $. Do cruise people actually think that ROATAN is like a day at Disney? Complete with workers to pick up after them. It was heartbreaking and disgusting!! I have never seen so many people with such a lack of environmental awareness. We all need to be diligent to protect and educate about the abundance of beauty and natural resources on Roatan. Lets not let it become another over developed, resort spot. I want the whole world to enjoy the uniqueness of Roatan, but responsibly . My two cents Leslie O'Malley ' At 08:46 PM 12/27/2006, Wenda Sage wrote: >We have just returned from a month at West Bay >Alas much construction is underway--we lived next door to it for a >month-dusk to dawn >Since those were my awake hours it was not such a bother for me but >my co-travellers were not impressed. On the other hand local people >need the work >We stayed at West Bay Village--beautiful beach area-- >Cruise ship days certainly caused an increase in traffic near the >reef and the Tabayana Beach, and in front of Paradise beach areas. >It was not really bothersome to me for the most part--just lots more >people with volume >I certainly noted on my many snorkelling forays this year, that the >number of glass beer bottles out in the water and the amount of >plastic hanging off the coral had increased from 2 years ago. We >snorkelled back and forth along the reef(Tabayana to Mayan princess). >It was sad to see the amount of junk washed up on the beach with >storms and tides--lots of plastic containers, etc >It is such a beautiful area. I hope that development and tourism do >not turn it into looking like many other places in the Caribbean. >Wenda > >----- Original Message ----- >From: lguinan33 >To: roatan....com >Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:34 PM >Subject: [roatan] West bay??? > >It 's been a few years since i've travelled to roatan. I love west >bay and want to return but i am worried it's changed! Just wanted to >know of any construction or "destruction" on west bay near bananarama >and las rocas??? Is it still clean and pristine and quiet from the >cruise crowd??? Thanks for all your help!!! > > > > --Hi8EAbPxrYlMAccNivdbDwo-K78NWGR4aQ5hqCs Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We stayed at Foster's West Bay beach last Feb. (One of our three visits to the island this year) I grew to hate cruise ship day. I know it is good for the local economy (in the short run). After the party goers had returned to their ship my 6 & 9 year old knew it was time to grab all the plastic bags we had accumulated from the grocerie store. We walked down the beach picking up all those endless little white plastic cups floating in the surf. napkins, plastic bags, sun screen, packaging from floaties or souvenirs. We filled 10 grocerie sacks with it. We then deposited it into the MANY trash cans in front of hotels along the beach. That was just what was above water. We had seen and collected as much as we could during our snorkle trips. btw the bottles were not so abundant at the end of the day because many locals will at least collect those to turn into $. Do cruise people actually think that ROATAN is like a day at Disney? Complete with workers to pick up after them. It was heartbreaking and disgusting!! I have never seen so many people with such a lack of environmental awareness. We all need to be diligent to protect and educate about the abundance of beauty and natural resources on Roatan. Lets not let it become another over developed, resort spot. I want the whole world to enjoy the uniqueness of Roatan, but responsibly . My two cents Leslie O'Malley ' At 08:46 PM 12/27/2006, Wenda Sage wrote: >We have just returned from a month at West Bay >Alas much construction is underway--we lived next door to it for a >month-dusk to dawn >Since those were my awake hours it was not such a bother for me but >my co-travellers were not impressed. On the other hand local people >need the work >We stayed at West Bay Village--beautiful beach area-- >Cruise ship days certainly caused an increase in traffic near the >reef and the Tabayana Beach, and in front of Paradise beach areas. >It was not really bothersome to me for the most part--just lots more >people with volume >I certainly noted on my many snorkelling forays this year, that the >number of glass beer bottles out in the water and the amount of >plastic hanging off the coral had increased from 2 years ago. We >snorkelled back and forth along the reef(Tabayana to Mayan princess). >It was sad to see the amount of junk washed up on the beach with >storms and tides--lots of plastic containers, etc >It is such a beautiful area. I hope that development and tourism do >not turn it into looking like many other places in the Caribbean. >Wenda > >----- Original Message ----- >From: lguinan33 >To: <mailto:roatan%40yahoogroups.com>roatan....com >Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:34 PM >Subject: [roatan] West bay??? > >It 's been a few years since i've travelled to roatan. I love west >bay and want to return but i am worried it's changed! Just wanted to >know of any construction or "destruction" on west bay near bananarama >and las rocas??? Is it still clean and pristine and quiet from the >cruise crowd??? Thanks for all your help!!! > > > > __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (4) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Calendar Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD http://www.roatanvideo.com Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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