Blogs from San Pedro Sula, Northern, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 4

My initial plan was to take the boat from Placencia to Puerto Cortes (Honduras) which leaves on Fridays, and then take the bus to San Pedro Sula. However, I had a nightmare about the boat trip the week prior to leaving so decided to take a plane instead. How strange the way things work out, but so right at the same time! I got to the Placencia Airport to take my 8 30 am flight after taking my first pics of the Placencia sunrise on the day that I was leaving. Now that is sad!!! The airport is quite small, and I am told not to go far as the plane is coming from Belize City to pick me up. Hmmm....now where would I disappear to, as there isn´t a building in site, except for Tropic ... read more

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We got up at 6am and set of to the bus station for the 7am bus. we found our way to Ocotal and changed bus for the border crossing. We reached and crossed the border really easily and hit Honduras around 10am. This is where things got interesting. As soon as we crossed we saw 3 other backpackers who said the buses throughout Honduras we on strike, they had to pay $50 to get to the capital. We didnt like the sound of that idea so we walked to the main road and stuck our hand out. 3 cars later a truck came by and picked us up. we hopped in the back and had no idea where we were going. After 40 minutes he dropped us off in a busy town. After asking around we ... read more

LEMPIRA After all this talk about Lempira (Honduran currency), you are probably wondering where the term Lempira came from. Well, it’s named after the country’s first hero, Lempira, (“Man of the Mountain”) who led the Lenca (original Honduran people) in a war against the Spaniards, when the Spaniards came to conquer Honduras. Lempira was the last surviving chief because the Spaniards tricked the other chiefs to come and discuss a “compromise” to avoid more war. Those chiefs were all hung when they arrived at the compromise meeting. Lempira was the last chance that the Lenca people had against the Spaniards. Lempira and his army fought the Spaniards bravely, winning many early battles until Lempira was betrayed. It is not 100% sure how Lempira ultimately met his demise. He either was shot, beheaded, or shot and then ... read more

So, here we are in San Pedro Sula in Honduras, a pretty nondescript, ugly, rather violent town in northern honduras. Apart from that it´s really nice. Our last entry was from Antigua where, before our departure we studied more spanish and climbed another volcano. This one had lava that you could fall into. We toasted marshmallows. Well, I say toast, we made marshmallows combust into a ball of flames as soon as they got within 3 feet of the lava. It was quite hot and toasting marshmallows on it isn´t as easy as it sounds. Then it was off to Semuk champey, Guatemala for some caving, climbing, jumping off stuff and getting stiff necks and bad backs for hitting the water too hard. I´m writing this with my head at a funny angle (well, funnier than ... read more