The crew have already laid out the loungers, although as this is a port day they won't see a lot of use as most people get off the ship to go on excursions or lay on a sandy beach.
Cloudy morning and the sun is trying to shine through
Roatan seen in the distance
Roatan is straight ahead
I am aft by the pool taking photos and video. It was very windy back there and occasionally ships can't dock at Roatan because of the strong winds, so they just sail away towards their next port at reduced speed. I was hoping that today we could make it.
As you can see it is 7.20 a.m and we are due to dock at 8.
As the ship has to reverse in from a mile out to sea, and pass between tall marker posts fixed on the sea floor it would take a while so I decided to move to our balcony where the wind would be less.
It's more sheltered from the wind the further back we reverse away from the open sea.
We are going to line up with that dock.
Looking to the right as we approach the dock we see a chair lift to the beach
Here is part of the beach with bars, shops and cafes behind
Straight ahead (behind us as we are backing in) is a wrecked and rusting ship
The view to our left
The sign says "Mahogany Bay" a port man-made for cruise ships by Carnival Corporation, the largest Cruise company in the World.
Soon we would be tied up and then passengers could start going ashore.
We would too-after breakfast!
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