How to Actually Relax on your Roatan Vacation

It may seem funny to worry about relaxing while on vacation, but just because you have some time off work doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be able to relax.  How many people have come back from holidays only to say that they need another holiday just to recuperate?  To help ensure your time away plays a role in recharging, rather than draining your batteries, we’ve come up with some tips on how to actually relax on your Roatan vacation.

Schedule In Time For Rest

Of course you’ll want to go out and see the sights when you’re on vacation, but make sure you don’t have every minute of every day pre-planned.  Allow yourself to get a good night’s sleep - whether that means going to bed early or sleeping in late.  Take time to enjoy your meals, your morning coffee or your post-meal dessert.  It’s very easy to always be in a rush while you’re away.  Resist the temptation.

Include Some Physical Activities

You don’t need to run a marathon (unless that’s something you really want to do!) but including some physical activities to complement your time by the pool or in the local cafe can surprisingly increase your sense of relaxation.  It can be as easy as going for a walk or trying a local sport.  Anything that gets you moving a bit will make your down time even more relaxing.

Try Something Different

Vacations provide the perfect environment to do something you’ve never done before.  Not only will this give you a new experience, it’ll also take your mind away from everything you’ve got going on back home.  By focusing on a new activity, old burdens will melt away and allow your mind a chance for refreshment.

Finding the Best Roatan Souvenirs - Lalizeroatan.com

Almost all tourists and travellers love souvenirs.  But being conscious of the local economy and environment has been, until recently, sadly ignored.  Luckily it seems like there’s been a dawn of a new era of tourism where supporting the locals and their environment is becoming more of a concern when it comes to spending money.  More travellers these days want their tourist dollars to go directly to local initiatives rather than ending up with importers and exporters with no local footprint.  With this in mind, we’ve come up with a list of Roatan shopping and souvenir ideas to remember their wonderful Roatan vacation.

Roatan Marine Park

The Roatan Marine Park is a non-profit organization whose goals are to protect the island’s marine and coastal habitats.  By selling mostly locally sourced and eco-friendly souvenirs, the organization helps fund itself while promoting environmental sustainability and stewardship.  Your money will help initiatives such as plastic and invasive species reduction, community education and marine patrols that enforce environmental laws.

Roatan Chocolate Factory

Roatan Chocolate Factory makes 100% organic chocolate using Honduran cacao seeds.  They don’t use the palm oil, lecithin or preservatives that are found in most mass produced chocolates.  In fact, their dark chocolate contains only cacao and cane sugar while the milk chocolate adds only milk to the two main ingredients.  Part of the company’s proceeds go to the protection of Honduran rainforests which are under pressure from the cattle industry.

Rusty Fish

Rusty Fish is a social enterprise with four island locations that recycles metal, wood, plastic and glass to create sea life inspired souvenirs.  Their slogan is, “We Have Nothing From China!”  They hire and train local workers to create the mementos they sell.  Buying form Rusty Fish not only benefits the local people, it benefits the local environment.