WESTERN CARIBBEAN PART II
KEY WEST, AT SEA, ROATAN HONDURAS
Not long after Christopher Columbus reached the New World in 1492 Ponce de Leon set sail toward Fl | ||||||||||||
in search of the Fountain of Youth. They never found the fountain but did find ther FLORIDA KEYS. | ||||||||||||
This was Sunday May 15 1513. | ||||||||||||
The Conch Republic was formed in 1982 when Key West Mayor Dennis Wardlow and the city council | ||||||||||||
declared the Independence of Key West. This was in retaliation to the US Border Patrol establishing a | ||||||||||||
roadblock on High 1 stopping all northbound tgraffic returning to the Florida maianland to search vehicles | ||||||||||||
for illegal drugs and immigrants. Because of this all tourism came to a halt and the keys seffered | ||||||||||||
economic disaster, going bankrupt. | ||||||||||||
The Conch Republic agreed to rejoin the United States requesting a one billion dollar foreign aid payment. | ||||||||||||
This generated so much publicity regarding the keys financial status the roadblock was removed , | ||||||||||||
Wardlow as Prime Minister of the Conch Republic surrendered to an officer of the Key West Naval Air | ||||||||||||
Station. On Wednesday March 25 we docked at 8:22 a.m. at Roatan Hondurus. Sunny, 84 degrees. The ship docked at Mahogany Bay, again a beautiful port of call. Here I went shopping in the port shops, watched some of the entertainment, and took a bus tour of Honduras interior, stopping at West End Village for refreshments and entertainment. West End Village Next after leaving West End Village we entered a semi sub ride to see the coral reef and whatever else might appear. Interesting, but something I would probably no do again. On the way back to the port we stopped at the Stone Castle Cameo Institute, where they taught the art of carving on the conch shells. They served us pizza and wine. Reboarded the ship, met up with Nancy for supper, and watched as the ship undocked and set sail for our next stop.
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