West End, Roatan

West End is a $2 water taxi ride away from West Bay. Apparently there is a lot of nightlife here, but we didn't partake. Lots of restaurants and shops, plus a butterfly garden just outside of town.

It's an easy and pleasant water taxi ride from West Bay to West End - about $2 per person each way. Here we saw a For Sale sign on the beach. I wonder how much the land was going for?

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We went to West End for dinner. There's basically only one road. I was amazed at how many workers they could cram into a single truck.

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Here we are at the restaurant in West End. It was OK. They had 2 pet parrots that sometimes wandered over looking for food.

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My wife loves lobster, and our daughter was keen to try it herself. Figures, she ended up loving the expensive dish.

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Another truck full of workers. What were they working on? No doubt some construction project.

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I asked the bartender of the restaurant where we could get some fruit. He said look for a truck by the side of the road. So we took a stroll down the only road in West End. And it wasn't long before we found 2 guys in a pickup truck selling all sorts of fresh fruit by the side of the road.

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Our water taxi driver on the ride back to West Bay. We never had the same boat or taxi driver. Really, it's whoever has a boat and wants to shuttle people around.

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One of the restaurants at West End.

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A few more buildings at the end of West End.

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The road through West End heads out to the beach when you get to the end of town.

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The Luna Beach resort is between West End and West Bay.

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I thought this was interesting - there's a section of shore that doesn't have any beach, so they built a walkway over the rocks.

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There is a butterfly garden just outside of West End. I didn't think it was very exciting - they didn't have many species or many of each type.

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What was more interesting at the butterfly garden was the toucan pen. You go inside! There are 4 keeled-billed toucans inside, and they are pretty tame.

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What was more interesting at the butterfly garden was the toucan pen. You go inside! There are 4 keeled-billed toucans inside, and they are pretty tame.

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This was amazing - the keeled-billed toucans had babies, and they were being housed in a separate cage. I thought they looked like little zombie birds.\n\nThey had lots of other parrots in cages, too, at the butterfly garden. It's probably worth a stop if it's on your way, but I wouldn't make the butterfly gardens your ultimate destination or anything.

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