Bus ride

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Ok, so i'll try to keep this short because i have 13 minutes before this little internet boutique closes.. and i'll try to start up where i left off..

Sunday morning i woke up at Tegucigalpa, took a cab to the central bus station, and bought a ticket to La Ceiba, the port city, from which boats can be taken to the islands, and departed at 10 am. The ride was 8.5 hours.. (for real..), i mean including stops, and about 45 minutes of being stationary on the road (still not sure what that was about), but yeah... I passed the time by listening to 25 chapters of Dan Brown's the lost symbol, and watching the first third of "Be Cool" with jon travolta.. finally I got to La Ceiba with exhausted electronics at 6:30 and took a cab to the Rotterdam Hotel, a chill little place by the bay. Grabbed a beer, a some fries and did some exploring. The ride gave me some flashbacks of being in Thailand and taking the bus from Bangkok to the port city to launch off the the islands. This with the exception that in Thailand the bus was all tourists, and here I was the only gringo (or anyother type of expat) on the bus.

I have come to feel like there is something very meditative about traveling alone, and in partial linguistic isolation.

I ran out of time, so i'll pick up tomorrow

peace

ps i'm in roatan

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Comments

[amanda]

thanks for this
Love your writing. Thanks for bringing this to us. Will be in Honduras in mid Feb, would love you to keep us posted on your impressions. Thanks again.

[Carol Goldin(Mom)]

Good morning!
Your blog comments are great! It really helps everybody know what you're doing, and especially to know that you're safe!That was a really long boat ride! Take care and have fun!Don't forget to post photos of yourself in the pictures, not just scenery.love, Mom

[sk8pss]

Cheers!!
Really good to know that someone is reading this and finding it useful (besides my family that is paranoid that i'll be "kidnapped/harvested/drive of a cliff/caught in the cross fire of gangs a guerrillas" because according to my mom, "that stuff happens there on the daily") anyway, good choice, Honduras is a great time. I'll try to keep this blog as current and detailed as i can, glad to be part of the traveler information network. if there are any specifics that i can answer.. feel free to find me on facebook (Daren Goldin) or email me at [e-mail]