26/10/2023
ROATAN - BAY ISLANDS
The island of Roatán is the largest of the Bay Islands, one of the departments of the Republic of Honduras.
In general, the Bay Islands refer to the archipelago comprised of the islands of Roatán, Útila, Guanaja, and the Cayos Cochinos, which were initially inhabited by the Mayans, later by the Payas, in the 16th century the Spanish conquerors arrived who They brought African slaves as part of the crew. Later in the 17th century the island was invaded by English pirates, on March 2, 1782 the Spanish recovered it, by 1788 many English abandoned Roatán, in 1796 they took over the islands again and between 1827 and 1834 the English began to return to Roatán, which they governed until April 21, 1861, when the government of Honduras and the government of the United Kingdom signed a treaty to return the Bay Islands to Honduras because they were in their territorial waters.
At night you can clearly see the light of the city of La Ceiba from West Bay, and on very clear days you can see the mountains of the entire department of Atlántida.
We are Honduras Roatan Bay Islands. #
