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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 football game was , Blue
Churchill , Guinness , Helene and Geckos …….degrees of separation
This article is not about ‘Mike’ Mitchell-Hedges but he always seems to makes it to the beginning of any story about contemporary Anglo-Bay Islands history. Probably because this enigmatic
The Honduranization of the Bay Islands
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
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 table on the
Every picture a story ……
I stumbled across this poor quality photograph a few days ago which I took with my Blackberry ( remember them ?) phone on New Years eve 2012. It was the
Bay Islands History ‘thumbnail’……..
I was recently asked by my chum and fellow scribbler to write him a brief history of the Bay Islands as a foreward to his new book ‘Life On Roatan’
Coxen’s Hole or Port MacDonald ?
I am currently having a crack at writing a book about the History of Roatan , Helene and Barbarat . After all , ever since living here for some 35
Horatio Nelson in Rattan
It is a little known fact in these parts that the illustrious naval career of that hero of Albion , First Viscount Admiral Horatio Nelson , whose statue sits above
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