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inn of last resort, May, 2007, by keith davies, colorado, usa . Report 3316.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	After 6 years it was great to go back to Roatan and the Inn of Last Resort.The resort is the same, great rooms and very comfortable, hot water and AC units with fans and 3 beds. There is a safe in every room as well. The monkeys are still there in their cage, a little bigger than I remember, the birds are there as well as are the dogs. Donna and Andy the owners are the best hosts you are going to get in any resort, they are your mum and dad while you are away from home. The food is just as excellant as it was back in 2001, Donna's receipes never get old and seconds is always waiting for you. After the hurricans of past, there is a larger deck and bar, alot better than before and they have a good cook out on fridays where everyone has alot of fun. When we arrived , Ed the maintenence guy gave us the resort speech of what to expect, two things I disagreeded with, one was there will be no picnic on the beach on mondays because he doesnt like doing them, doesnt matter what the guests what[ check out there website- still sayes they do them] and if we tip a member of staff individually then that person will be fired, all tips must go into the pot at the end of the week.I like to tip people who have given be just reward for the week and have gone above and beyond and not let people take more of the cut just for turning up for the dive. On the dive operation I was very disapointed with the staff. We had the marine park speech from DM Kirk, dont touch anything, chase turtles, or take anything home, if we are caught then we will be thrown off the boat. The dive staff will change our gear over after everydive and wash the gear and put it on the boat in the morning, please recheck you gear after every tank change, the tank strap was left undone twice on mine and your gear was never put back where you left it,when I did try to wash my gear they told me off. The diving was very poor, 2 turtkes and 3 rays, 2 scorpion fish and a couple of morays was the best we could do, small critters were very lacking as were the bigger fish, even the groupers were missing in action. This was the worst reef ive seen for critters in years. It didnt help when the DM's didnt really point out anything for you to look at.Kirk would spend nearly everydive on the wall and then look at nothing on the top of the reef and at the end of the dive just hang at the mooring line until the dive was over.He lay on the coral to take a photo for a guest and stuck his hand into a couple of holes trying to pull out a green moray so people can take a photo. Wille was the dive shop manager, he showed us alot more but chased a turtle around in circles for at least 4 mins so people could get photos, the turtle was not happy and shot sraight to the surface afterwards. The best dive is always the night dive, but Kirk wants you to do a night dive without lights, there are strings of pearls here in Roatan, luminesants in the water, great for 5 to 10 mins to look at but 50 mins, no way, finally we decided on out with lights and back without.A 60 ft dive on the wall, everyone knows theres more life on top of the reef than the wall.We saw nothing really special, only had 20 mins to find something. Kirk is not very saftey concerned with divers, we had a diver on his first ever night dive, he was not spoken to about concerns of night diving espcially without lights, night dive on a wall is never good, one diver got disoriented and went down to 90 ft, anyone who knows bears den dive site, he took 16 divers in the cave at one time, with no explanation of what to expect or how tight it is and what happens if you panic. This is why I tip personally and I do not want my money to go to people who do warrant it. Plus signs on diving, theres no dive times on most dives, means though that boat can leave at different times and lunch is cut short some days,Tommy the old boat captain is back, best captain on the island, helps divers on and off the boat every time, great asset at the resort. I would love to return to the resort, so relaxing and quiet, 5 mins drive to west end and 20 min walk, but only if the dive shop staff changes.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	australia, england, scotland, red sea, israel, malta, utila, roatan, fiji, cozumel, texas, new jersey, new england, philadelpia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	max depth 130 ft, dont mess with marine life - marine park enviroment
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	separate rinse tank on the boat for cameras, some what dry area to work on camera on boat, no table on dock, back after everydive so back to the room if necessary.

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Dive Review of inn of last resort in Honduras/roatan

inn of last resort, May, 2007,

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Dive Review of inn of last resort in
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