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Roatan, Honduras Luna Beach Resort Newsletter Update: July 2007
Luna Beach Resort Continues To Rate Tops of Honduras Hotels…
We are excited to announce the completion of our new entrance and spectacular two lane, private road into Luna Beach Resort. You will reach the new entrance from the West Bay Road, which eliminates the slow, rough ride through West End. This new road also avoids any further burden on the Beach strip between West End and Luna Beach Resort.
While driving down one of the best roads in Roatan, nearly a mile long, you will be amazed at the beautiful and dense jungle with all its exotic flowers, gigantic trees and little streams. Roatan is truly a bird watchers and plant lover’s paradise. The instant you pass our new entrance sign a vacation for body and soul begins!
Luna Beach Has The Power!
With all of the Island’s electrical supply difficulties, Luna Beach Resort decided to take action. We’ve installed three large generators for the convenience of our guests. So from now on candlelight is only needed for the ambience.
The Luna Beach Bird Cage
Every morning our macaws welcome the rising sun and practice their communication skills. Since not all of our guests are such early birds, the macaws have now received a new home next to the dive center. From now on, the early morning Spanish lessons taught by the macaws take place on the beach.
Everyone invited!
No Traffic On Luna Beach
Luna Beach Resort is proud to announce that we were given permission to block off our beach to all vehicles. All beaches in Honduras are public, so we are very happy to be able to offer this benefit to our guests. Time to get onto your hammock and chill out while watching the breathtaking sunsets…
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Roatan Marine Park
The Roatan Marine Park is getting busier than ever. The current Marine Park fee is $10 as of 2007. Please check on their homepage to find out where the money goes. The Marine Park Office now provides a Defibrillator/AED for emergencies. Fishermen need a license to go fishing in the Marine Park area. Please contact the Marine Park Office for more information at http://www.lunabeachresort.com/contactus.php Conch shells, lobster and groupers are protected in the Marine Park!
Luna Beach Invites More Dive Staff to the Team
We are very happy to welcome several new dive staff members to help meet all the needs of our divers and give them the attention they deserve. There will be no more possible closings of the dive shop during dives. Many Roatan hotels experience issues of short staff and Luna Beach has overcome this obstacle. Luna Beach Resort always has a wonderul Dive Shop assistant available to help you take care of snorkel-gear rental or just answer your questions. To find out about the new members of the Luna Beach Dive Shop please check: http://www.lunabeachresort.com/about.shtml.
More Resort Staff
The dive shop has increased its staff and so has the kitchen, office, maid service, maintenance, gardeners, security guards, bar and restaurant area. With all of these new top rated helping hands we hope to provide the best customer service possible.
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Roatan Things Of Interest
The Bay Islands will soon be a duty free zone!
This might be a fantastic opportunity for potential investors and home owners. For more information, please contact: Joan@globalnet.hn or visit on the web at: http://www.roatanjmrealty.com.
The medical infrastructure on Roatan is improving. In addition to two hyperbaric chambers there are several professional and reputable clinics and more coming.
Guaranteed dolphin and shark encounters? No problem at all! Please ask the diveshop staff for more information by contacting them at: diveshop@lunabeachresort.com.
Try our Interactive Divesite Map.
This is a map of our dive sites with pop-up descriptions - click on the dive flags for information on each site. We will be updating this and adding more information - send us your descriptions!
The tourist infrastructure on our island is growing. Besides several new restaurants (even Thai and Indian cuisine) and bars in West End. There are new places like the paintball arena, new grocery stores and car rentals.
More Resort News In Short
To guarantee a spectacular Caribbean view from our beach houses, the trees were trimmed and cleared.
The Luna Beach Dive Shop is setting up an artificial reef around the pier, which has already attracted the first seahorses, octopuses and other wonderful creatures.
Our 25 foot boat “Prince” is going to be remodeled so it can be used for two-tank dive trips. There will be a sun top, a bigger and more stable ladder to get back on board, tank racks etc. With this two tank trip boat, we will be able to offer special trips to dive sites that are further away.
There were already several dolphin encounters this year. Though they were wild pods (up to 30), they were very curious and stayed up to one hour with our snorkelers and divers. Moreover, the number of shark encounters (nurse sharks) are increasing again.
Wireless networking is now available for our guests that bring their own computers. We also have a computer in the front office for the guests that don’t want to bring their own computers.
Both services have a nominal fee.
Dorm-size fridges in the Beach Suites at no charge!
New cut outs from the beach suites to the beach access have been made.
New Beach Houses
At the western end of our beach we have built two new beach front units, soon to be available. There will be more information and pictures on our Blog/Flickr very soon. You may check these out at: Blog: http://divelunabeach.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunabeachdivecenter
Off season specials for September 15 through December 14
Don’t miss out on these great deals. Call now to book your reservation at our toll-free number:1-866-710-LUNA, or e-mail us at reservations@lunabeachresort.com
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Dive Trivia
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True or False? Devices to supply a diver with air have been tried since the 4th century BC.
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True or False? Sharks have no sense of pain and will keep eating even if they are disemboweled?
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What is the weight of all the water in all the oceans?
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Is it possible to get a “tooth squeeze” while diving?
Dive Trivia - Answers
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True - Alexander the Great is reported to have attempted a dive in a primitive diving bell.
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True
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The weight of all the water in all the oceans is 1.2 quintillion (1,200,000,000,000,000,000) tons. This represents 0.022 percent of the weight of the Earth.
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Yes. A condition called “tooth squeeze” occurs when changing pressures during a dive cause pain in the center of the tooth. This happens because an air space has developed in a tooth - like a cavity!
Caribbean Dive Tips and Hints
Island Legend
In 1638 Spanish and English settlers came to the island of Roatan to establish a colony. They were soon invaded by pirates who attacked and plundered the new colony. Raiders occupied the settlements and defended it as their own. Ownership of the island bounced between the English and the Spanish until 1859 when England relinquished control of the bay islands to the Republic of Honduras. Legend has it that ghost of the past or “dupees” have been seen by the locals. They tell that pirates barring gold would kill a man and leave the body to watch his treasure. After centuries the ghost gets restless and will whisper the exact directions of the treasure so that the seeker can find the gold. As derived from www.roatanhistory.com
June 12, 2006
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