Bonnaca Town at Night

Bonnaca Town at night

Guanaja, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras, March, 2009

Bonnaca Town Homes

Bonnaca Town Homes, Guanaja, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras
March, 2009

Streets of Bonnaca Town

Walking the streets of Bonnaca Town

Guanaja, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras

March, 2009

Bonnaca Town Dock

Bonnaca Town Dock, Guanaja, Honduras, March 2009

The town dock is the centre of activity for Bonnaca. The pink structure at the end of the dock is the boat version of a bus stop/taxi stand where everyone waited for a ride, including dozens of children on their way home from school. Mr. Gibson (orange, white & blue boat) is a lobster trap boat which had just returned to Guanaja at the end of lobster season after 8 months at sea. Sea Pride (white & blue boat) is the freight boat which was being loaded with scrap to be taken to Roatan for recycling.

Bonnaca Town

Bonnnaca Town as seen from Coral Bay Dive Resort

http://coralbay.ca/

Guanaja, Honduras, March, 2009

When Guanaja was first settled, the bugs were so bad on the main island that settlers opted instead for a small cay just offshore. Over the years the town has grown to "four acres of houses on three acres of land" as described by Bill, our host at Coral Bay. Approximately 60% of Guanaja's 12000 or so people live on Bonnaca. This crazy (in a good way), crowded place is the island's centre of activity with schools, churches, hardware, groceries, bars, hotels, banks, gas stations (for boats-there are no cars), and lobster processing plant. Did I mention all the people that live there too? Over the next couple of days I will give you a closer look.