Roatan travel

[NJ Wreck Diver]

uh oh here comes what?

 

[CajunDiva]

We've been on the Island at Fantasy Island since July 2nd and the only problem is today RECO is down....basically now power on the island....so what's new---at least FIBR has its own generator. No Worries, mate, come on down

 

[DocIndyDiver]

Diesel supplies must be running low, however, most resorts have their own generators, albeit they are diesel too.

 

[openhelix]

So everyone not on the island talks about diesel and gas supplies. While it's a logical next step that doesn't make it reality. Can anyone confirm if there is or isn't a gas/diesel shortage?

 

[DocIndyDiver]

There are posts about it being rationed already.

 

[RTBDiver]

So everyone not on the island talks about diesel and gas supplies. While it's a logical next step that doesn't make it reality. Can anyone confirm if there is or isn't a gas/diesel shortage?

In talking with one of the owners of RECO this morning, I was told that there is no shortage of fuel at this time and no interruption of supply in sight as far as their business goes. I have no idea about supplies for boats and other business which i believe is the only thing people have mentioned being rationed,

 

[Doc]

Diesel supplies must be running low, however, most resorts have their own generators, albeit they are diesel too.

So everyone not on the island talks about diesel and gas supplies. While it's a logical next step that doesn't make it reality. Can anyone confirm if there is or isn't a gas/diesel shortage?

There are posts about it being rationed already.

My contacts on the Bay Islands report no shortages or rationing on Diesel.

I did not specifically inquire as to gasoline, but suffice to say- there are often weekly shortages of many things- it's just the way the Bay Islands are. If there are any issues, it was nothing that would have nudged them into reporting it~ must not have been worthy of saying something about.

Here's an easy way to check: http://www.theoildrum.com/ They have a search engine criteria, just enter "honduras" and see not much new pop-up.

On any given day, they are out of something, so reading into it that such short supply was caused by something on the mainland... is a stretch.

When gasoline is in short supply, quite often if you take the time and expense to wait in line over at the gas station near the import docks by French Harbor, your efforts will more quickly rewarded than if you go to one of the few outlying stations. It takes a while to truck the stuff around. Again, running out occurs often enough to make it un-remarkable.

As an example- Quite often they are out of Flor de Cana Rum, and although this is not an insignifigant thing, it has nothing to do with politics.

Quick, switch to Salva Vida beer!

Sorry if the above comes off as light hearted, dismissive or flippant- it really wasn't meant that way. It is merely the very descriptive truth of the realities of life in the Bay Islands (and most any Caribbean Island that still has good diving). If you lived there, you would easily understand- it's a big deal and a lot of friends get phone calls when non-limp fresh vegetables arrive or they stock some beef that isn't so.... runny.

Life seems to be trundling-on in the Bay Islands, but it would be incorrect to judge their day-to-day situations on anything other than past performance and history. They do run out of stuff, sometimes just because they run out of it.

 

[itsjustme0770]

mmmmmm runny beef.

 

[cappyjon431]

My contacts on the Bay Islands report no shortages or rationing on Diesel.

I did not specifically inquire as to gasoline, but suffice to say- there are often weekly shortages of many things- it's just the way the Bay Islands are. If there are any issues, it was nothing that would have nudged them into reporting it~ must not have been worthy of saying something about.

On any given day, they are out of something, so reading into it that such short supply was caused by something on the mainland... is a stretch.

When gasoline is in short supply, quite often if you take the time and expense to wait in line over at the gas station near the import docks by French Harbor, your efforts will more quickly rewarded than if you go to one of the few outlying stations. It takes a while to truck the stuff around. Again, running out occurs often enough to make it un-remarkable.

As an example- Quite often they are out of Flor de Cana Rum, and although this is not an insignifigant thing, it has nothing to do with politics.

Quick, switch to Salva Vida beer!

Sorry if the above comes off as light hearted, dismissive or flippant- it really wasn't meant that way. It is merely the very descriptive truth of the realities of life in the Bay Islands (and most any Caribbean Island that still has good diving). If you lived there, you would easily understand- it's a big deal and a lot of friends get phone calls when non-limp fresh vegetables arrive or they stock some beef that isn't so.... runny.

Life seems to be trundling-on in the Bay Islands, but it would be incorrect to judge their day-to-day situations on anything other than past performance and history. They do run out of stuff, sometimes just because they run out of it.

Oh the joys of Island life. We run out of gasoline a couple of days each month, we have gone days where the city provided no fresh water, and our diesel electric generating plant has shut down for an hour for the past three days at lunch time for "repairs."

The mainland is only a 30 minute boat ride away and is home to Chiquita Bananas with thousands of acres of Banana plantations. We rarely have bananas on the island. They can ship em to the States and Europe, but getting them to our island? It happens only occasionally.

We went weeks with no Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke on the island (had to switch to pineapple juice to drink with my Abuelo Rum). Fresh vegetables--usually plenty on Monday and Tuesday, but at the end of the week it is time to break out the canned and frozen veggies.

This is regular life on most islands in the Caribbean (and I've lived on quite a few). Shortages happen, regardless of the political situation on the mainland. The island I am living on is having no political unrest, but it sounds very similar to the current situation on Roatan.

 

[RTBDiver]

mmmmmm runny beef.

Thanks,
That reminds me, I need to put a strainer in my suitcase for hamburger night