Diving in Honduras
                      May 02-09, 1997
                   by Carl L. Wilson, II
       Internet Address: clwilson@access.mountain.net
            Carl.wilson@f14.n279.z1.fidonet.org
                          Part One
Resort Name: Inn of Last Resort
Location: Roatan, Bay Island of Honduras
Dive Operation: In House
URL---- http://www.dive.com/innlast.html
EMAIL: lastresort@globalnet.hn
Getting There
The only Airline serving Roatan with direct flights from
the US is TACA (Take A Chance Airline).  TACA flies directly
to Roatan from Houston, New Orleans, and Miami.  It is also
possible to fly to the mainland of Honduras on an American
airline, and take a local airline, such as Isena over to
Honduras.
Supposedly discussions are underway for American Airlines to
fly directly to Roatan.  Should I ever return to Roatan, I
would MUCH prefer to use an airline other than TACA.
It is not possible to get a boarding pass from TACA anywhere
but at their ticketcounters in Miami, Houston, or New
Orleans.  In my case I was able to gt boarding passes in
Charleston for my continuing flight to Miami from Charlotte,
NC.  When I got to Miami, I had to wait in line for a
boarding pass, not sure If I had a seat on the plane or not.
I had purchased my tickets 2 monthes in advance.
When departing Roatan, the situation is the same.  The
resort reconfirmed our flights 3 days prior to departure,
but at the airport we had to go through the whole boarding
pass/check in circus again, but with a new twist.  At the
checkin counter, you are asked to declare one bag priority
and one non-priority. If the plane is full of luggage and
frieght, I would suppose that the non-priority bags do not
go on the flight with you.
I met several people at the airport who did not receive
their luggage due to TACA's inefficiency.
The airport at Roatan is a new modern building with
airconditioning that works.  When I visited in 1995 the
airconditioning was broken and had been for sometime, but it
has been fixed.
Upon arrival, we were met by two customs/immigration agent,
another improvement over 1995, just one was working then.
After exiting customs and immigration, we were met by
representatives of the resort, who loaded our baggage and
took us to the resort by cars and vans.
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