carved conch shells and fresh fruit dished out from bowls balanced atop the heads of modern-day Carmen Mirandas. My trip in December — a week on Roatán, the biggest of Honduras’ three Bay ...

I went to Roatán, Honduras, for the first time during a recent ... Most of the island's native people were wiped out by Europeans in the 16th century, according to the bureau.

Honduras was one of the original banana republics, dominated for years by the United Fruit Company. Even today ... The US also supplies most of the tourists on the cruise liners that sail to Roatan ...