Thanks Mike. Thank you all for you contributions. I did look on Trip Advisor but there are so many people with differetn levels of expectation, plants and haters there that it is tough to know who to trust. I do realize that divers tend toward the places that maximize diving and minimize the cost of accomodation. But there are some who look for the best of both worlds. Diving is not at all low on my list. That is why I am considering Roatan at all. I just know that I will be able to find a great dive shop without too much trouble either on Scubaboard or through other sdiving friends. My current issue is finding a beautiful spot to stay while I dive. I was indeed looking for the nicest - as in the biggest, cleanest, most modern rooms, best food, biggest, cleanest pool, most luxurious (using that word advisedly in Roatan) resort. I want a really nice place for others to stay and lounge by the pool, play on the beach, have decent meals, while I dive. Or, is Roatan a site that is best left to diving and we should go elsewhere for family vacations with non-divers? For example, I was in Cozumel in March. I would not spend 5 seconds there but for diving. I stayed at the Presidente which had beautiful rooms. But the pool, food and beach were mediocre at best. The town was a port with the same crappy cruiseship stores and very mediocre, albeit cheap, food. Awesome place for diving though.
