Many of us finished our stay in Honduras with a memorable visit to the Colonias to meet and pray with our Honduran brothers and sisters, the local people of Roatan.

"The Colonia, located on a hillside in Sandy Bay, is a residential community comprised primarily of locals from the mainland. As in much of Roatan, The Colonia has low construction standards and oversight over land rights, making it difficult to control sprawl and infrastructures.

The creek that runs through the colonias is called La Uva, after the grape tree that grows there. La Uva is also a meeting place. The community gathers here to discuss politics and host church rallies. Up the hill travel is either by 4×4 or on foot. The paved road becomes dirt and also becomes much steeper, so steep that some streets are just stairs made out of used car tires, or washed out rain mud track."

Source: https://payamag.com/2019/03/11/the-five-colonias-of-sandy-bay/