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Discover the vibrant musings of Roatan author M J Harper as he weaves personal reflections, sharp commentary on island life and politics, and captivating historical tales of the Bay Islands drawn from his own deep research.

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Partido Time

April 26, 2025

When I first came to live on Roatan in the mid 80’s national politics was considered by Bay Islanders in much the same way a...

Freediver History

June 26, 2024

The Bay Islands popularly ( mistakenly )are associated with Roatan , Utila and Guanaja ; I say mistakenly because the Wyke – Cruz treaty (...

The Honduranization of the Bay Islands

June 7, 2023

As Bay Islanders this past 22nd of April , we recently ‘observed’ ( since it would be inaccurate to say ‘celebrated’)the 162nd anniversary of Queen Victorias official...

Black Jesus

April 8, 2023

I had written down all the numbers for my meager budget for the trip in a spiral bound notebook ( the Escudo Nacional on the front cover,times...

Every picture a story

January 1, 2023

I stumbled across this poor quality photograph a few days ago which I took with my Blackberry    ( remember them ?) phone on New Years...

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