Leaving Rio Dulce

The traffic in this tiny town was getting worse by the minute as we waited for what we thought would be our reserved seat, air conditioned bus! This is the main road north to Tikal. Men were shining shoes and women selling fruit literally in front of the wheels of trucks and buses. I still don't know why more people aren't run over here.

Honduras phase 1: Tegucigalpa

April 10th 2006
We got to the capital of Honduras yesterday, after 12 hours of buses! The first bus was an experience: we had booked first class with reserved seats out of Rio Dulce, but the bus company guy shoved us (literally) and our bags onto a bus that was already completely full. Bill and I were on the steps and my bag was being held into the bus by the guy who hangs out the door! Luckily, we only had a ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Central » Tegucigalpa

Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a ha... ... read more

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