FYI, the gated communities are the drug cartel... hense the weed being grown all over the island. NOT SURE HOW U MISSED THAT!! Our bus driver pointed it out!

guyashleigh:

Ok, I went to Tabyana Beach and I did take the bus up the mountian and I DID SEE dirt huts and I DID see a woman peeing in the street and a little child with no PANTS.... Im just trying to say it was glorified up to be a wonderful placeby carnival and I was not impressed I was actually sad and depressed. I have the right to have my own opinion so you all can *** off.

You would probably be a lot happier on a Silversea cruise to Monaco.  You pay good money, and they make sure you don't have to see the reality of poverty in other countries.

You'll still see fat people in inappropriate attire, however.  They have lots of money, too.

Looking forward to Roatan, as it's one port I've never been to.  I was considering doing a tour with Victor Bodden.  I'm kind of worried about zip-lining.  That accident a few weeks ago has me worried.

We haven't been there yet, but we ARE slated to do the Dolphin Encounter and Beach Tour! Can't wait!

Anonymous:

FYI, the gated communities are the drug cartel... hense the weed being grown all over the island. NOT SURE HOW U MISSED THAT!! Our bus driver pointed it out!

Alright!!!! Let the fun begin!

I have the right to have my own opinion so you all can *** off.

Indeed you do have the right to your own opinion. An opinion, though, is how reality pertains to you; in short: "I like this; I don't like that.."  those are opinions, and those are absolutley spot-on correct -- with regards to yourself only and no one else.  If you don't like chocolate ice cream, there is no intellectual argument in the world that can change it.

When you say "there were dirt huts" ... that is an assertion of fact, and it's either right or wrong.  Several people were in the same mountains you were in [as was I, for what it's worth] and you are the only one of us to see "dirt huts".  Which means you have far better eyesight than the rest of us, or a far better imagination.  I'm going with the better imagination thing.

Hint: dirty hut is not the same as "dirt hut".

As for the woman peeing in the street -- that's a time-n-place thing.  If you happen to be in the correct time/place to see a tornado then you saw it; it doesn't matter if there was never a tornado before, or it disappeared just after.  I'm just skeptical about public micturation.

Same time-n-place thing with the kid with no pants, though I'm less skeptical about it.  In many [indeed most] parts of the world, pants on little children is a sometimes thing.  Saves on diapers and laundry, particularly in places that are very very very poor.

Now if you saw a toddler with no pants and are completely shocked to the point of outrage over it, then my two suggestions are that you are one of the Ugly American type who believes that the rest of the world is nothing more than some amusement park ride, or you didn't do any homework before visiting other people in their hometowns.

 I saw a woman peeing in the street right here in the United States, on the Fourth of July, no less!  I got over it. As for the kid with no pants on...anyone with kids knows that they are not known for keeping their clothes on!  Who cares...it's just a kid!  I, for one, cannot wait to visit Roatan island!