Blogs from Tela, Northern, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Our last evening in Antigua was spent with our new travelling companions, 5 others plus a trip leader, ie. the man who´s going to book all the buses and sort all the hotels for us. That doesn´t mean he holds our hands and shepherds us around and we´ve got plenty of time to do our own thing too. I was still not feeling too good so was straight to bed after dinner for an early start the next morning. The minibus to take us just across the border into Honduras left around 7am. Luckily, being a small group we had quite a bit of room as it was a few hours to Copan Ruinas, a small colonial town (yes, another one!) just across the border, most well known for its proximity to Copan, another large Mayan ... read more

Río Dulce After a wonderful week in San Andrés, we climbed back on the gringo trail and headed for the Honduran border. Our last stop in Guatemala was Río Dulce (Sweet River). It was a cramped and dirty town, centered around tourist buses and street stalls tightly packed on the only road in town - it was a very drastic change after our week in sleepy, non-touristy San Andrés. We took a small motor boat across Lago de Izabel (which empties into the river) to our hostel - a bamboo and thatch complex with a bit of a tiki-bar vibe. It was fun to feel like travelers again, sipping red wine and exchanging books and stories with other mochileros (backpackers) from around the world. The main attraction of Río Dulce is the hot spring waterfall at ... read more

Hello again! One last post before we head out to dinner and some discos tonight. Well, our stay in the Tela area has been interesting to say the least. We spent Wed. night at the Mango Inn which was a nice hostel in istelf, but set off a really noisy street which thankfully quieted during a crazy thunderstorm, but started up again at about 3 when the rain stopped. Ah well. We got up early and went next door for breakfast which wasn´t bad. When we finished, a woman came in with a bag, trying to sell what was inside. We noticed it was moving and asked her if we could see. It was a huge turtle!! She was trying to get the restuarant to buy if for soup!! She wanted 200 Lempira ($10) which was ... read more

(I thought I already had posted about my trip to Tela...but it's gone....the magic of computers I guess. So here's try number two!) Tela is a small "city" on the North Coast of Honduras, about 5 hours from Copan Ruinas. I went with Nicole, a student I met at Escuela Ixbalanque (a Spanish School in Copan). We were both eager to get out of tiny Copan for a weekend of FUN IN THE SUN. We spent our first day on the beach and got COOKED! I was baked red by the afternoon. But it was worth it to be back by the ocean. We walked to the very edge of the "touristy" part of the city, to where the real people lived, and while we were lying in the sun a couple kids that lived nearby ... read more

DAY ONE: So Fred finally arrived. I bused to San Pedro to meet his flight. We stayed one nite there where we went to the casinos and tried our hand at "Carribean stud" which consisted of the house winning a lot and us, even after figuring this out, losing a lot. DAY TWO: We bused back to Comayagua the next day. We arrived and everyone was at the compound before the Chirstmas pagent so Fred was able to meet everyone there. I was so happy for someone from my life in the States to see and meet my life in Honduras. After an absurd Chirstmas pagent Honduran style we went to Morgans. Most everyone still had one more day till work was finished so not many people were out with us, plus Morgan was sick. We ... read more