Honduras
Hola mi amigos! I´m now in the sea side village of Omoa, Honduras. I side tracked here a couple of days ago on route to Roatan.
Crossing the border from Guatemala was painless. The border crossing consisted of some orange cones in the road and what amounted to a road side shack with windows. First I went to the exit Guat window and then to the enter Hondorus window, paid some fees...just a few dollars worth and we were on our way. I was a little bummed, as they didn´t stamp my passport with a Honduran stamp. There is an agreement between Guat, Honorus and Nicaragua where one stamp gets you admittance to all 3 countries. I have 90 days in total to visit all 3.
Before crossing the border, we had a 6 hour bus ride that departed Antigua, Guat at 4am. Ugg. I was still traveling with Kath from Beverly and we stayed the night in Copan, Honduras. The next day we went our separate ways. We plan to meet up again on Roatan.
I had another 6 hour journey to the coast after Copan, which consisted of 4 different busses. There were road side stops made, twice we were boarded by Honduran police and they checked bags for what I assumed to be weapon and drugs. Along with the villagers who sell food at different stops a very loud preacher got on and boomed on until the next stop about the Lord Jesus Christ. Good times.
Here in Omoa, I´ve met some new friends. A couple of girls from British Columbia, in Canada. They´re a blast. My first night I had dinner alone and the restaurant guy offered to take me the next day to a waterfall. Not wanting to go alone, I recruited the Canadians. They were all to happy to go. So, we went to the restaurant for breakfast. The guy (Francisco) closed up his restaurant for the day, had a buddy join us and off we went. The hike was pretty cool, about 2 hours up through the river to get there. I only fell once, on the way back. And I had wrapped my camera in my towel before putting in my bag. Phew! The waterfall was awesome. There was a swimming hole that we all cooled off in and enjoyed for a while.
One thing that is everywhere in Latin America is trash. The littering that goes on is more than appalling. People chuck stuff out of windows on busses, or if they´re just walking around they just drop it wherever. The beach here is littered with stuff that has washed up on shore. It was a little discouraging. So, the waterfall, not suprisingly had a bunch of litter too. Our neuvo amigos brought bags with them to clean up the area. Right on!
After our hike, we bought some fresh fruit and had a great late lunch. Last evening consisted of going back to the restaurant and kicking back.
It took me a while to find this internet cafe. My hostel has free bikes, so I have been riding around looking for the internet. I had flashbacks of camping in Bar Harbour and Jay will be glad to know in his honor I hummed the Wizard of Oz theme.
There are some other folks who arrived yesterday. I think tonight we´re all going to cook dinner together at the hostel's kitchen. Even though it's a hostel, I have my own room. It's 140 Lempira, roughly 8 US.
Today I´m off to find a good beach. There is a beach right here but I´m told if you walk 5 minutes in either direction there are nicer beaches to be had.
I´m thinking tomorrow of heading to Ceiba in order to catch a ferry to Roatan. I think a couple of the new people (that I´m having dinner with) are going that way too. It´s always nice to have company when negotiating the bus systems.
That´s it for now. I hope all is well at home with everyone. Love to you all!
Crossing the border from Guatemala was painless. The border crossing consisted of some orange cones in the road and what amounted to a road side shack with windows. First I went to the exit Guat window and then to the enter Hondorus window, paid some fees...just a few dollars worth and we were on our way. I was a little bummed, as they didn´t stamp my passport with a Honduran stamp. There is an agreement between Guat, Honorus and Nicaragua where one stamp gets you admittance to all 3 countries. I have 90 days in total to visit all 3.
Before crossing the border, we had a 6 hour bus ride that departed Antigua, Guat at 4am. Ugg. I was still traveling with Kath from Beverly and we stayed the night in Copan, Honduras. The next day we went our separate ways. We plan to meet up again on Roatan.
I had another 6 hour journey to the coast after Copan, which consisted of 4 different busses. There were road side stops made, twice we were boarded by Honduran police and they checked bags for what I assumed to be weapon and drugs. Along with the villagers who sell food at different stops a very loud preacher got on and boomed on until the next stop about the Lord Jesus Christ. Good times.
Here in Omoa, I´ve met some new friends. A couple of girls from British Columbia, in Canada. They´re a blast. My first night I had dinner alone and the restaurant guy offered to take me the next day to a waterfall. Not wanting to go alone, I recruited the Canadians. They were all to happy to go. So, we went to the restaurant for breakfast. The guy (Francisco) closed up his restaurant for the day, had a buddy join us and off we went. The hike was pretty cool, about 2 hours up through the river to get there. I only fell once, on the way back. And I had wrapped my camera in my towel before putting in my bag. Phew! The waterfall was awesome. There was a swimming hole that we all cooled off in and enjoyed for a while.
One thing that is everywhere in Latin America is trash. The littering that goes on is more than appalling. People chuck stuff out of windows on busses, or if they´re just walking around they just drop it wherever. The beach here is littered with stuff that has washed up on shore. It was a little discouraging. So, the waterfall, not suprisingly had a bunch of litter too. Our neuvo amigos brought bags with them to clean up the area. Right on!
After our hike, we bought some fresh fruit and had a great late lunch. Last evening consisted of going back to the restaurant and kicking back.
It took me a while to find this internet cafe. My hostel has free bikes, so I have been riding around looking for the internet. I had flashbacks of camping in Bar Harbour and Jay will be glad to know in his honor I hummed the Wizard of Oz theme.
There are some other folks who arrived yesterday. I think tonight we´re all going to cook dinner together at the hostel's kitchen. Even though it's a hostel, I have my own room. It's 140 Lempira, roughly 8 US.
Today I´m off to find a good beach. There is a beach right here but I´m told if you walk 5 minutes in either direction there are nicer beaches to be had.
I´m thinking tomorrow of heading to Ceiba in order to catch a ferry to Roatan. I think a couple of the new people (that I´m having dinner with) are going that way too. It´s always nice to have company when negotiating the bus systems.
That´s it for now. I hope all is well at home with everyone. Love to you all!
posted by amy at 11:00 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Amy, Hope you get this. I think I'm far too old for this new fangled stuff. I love reading your comments, and many of your observations about Central American are identical to mine of Mexico when I was traveling around in '05. I don't think there is a middle class and the poor are so much poorer than ours. And the kids are happy playing with pebbles or an old can, if there is no ball. And, they don't expect parents to amuse them. I found that the Mexicans love to sweep! They sweep the dirt in front of their house every morning and generally even the poor have their kids in clean clothes! Jen and Tommy drive up for thanksgiving which was nice and Derek and Tammy cooked, so it was especially easy day! I have been able to work on several small signs, with Brett as the builder, sander etc., which has been nice. I am in a show at Derek's brokerage house in Osterville on the 15 th of Dec. so I have been painting some small paintings, don't quite know what if any thing will sell, it's so close to Christmas. I am still in a hard cast, but on Dec. 14, when I see the doctor, he might put me in a walking cast!!! Are all these emails from internet cafes, or do you have a laptop?? Glad you're mended, because it is frustrating to get sick away from home. My email address has changed: it is downsart2@comcast.net Bye for now, Anne
Darling - you sound like you are having a ton of fun!!
Glad you are still safe!
:-)~
did u meet your Dr. yet???
Sending blessings,
Sally
glad to hear you're safe and hooking up with other people. still miss you tons. tomorrow i think i am meeting cathy and going to the xmas open house @ Paul and Mitchells for the "garden club" imagine me with the garden club type i don't thnk so.jen is on the mend slowly, i have had a pinched nerve in my neck, requiring meds and neck collar, linds has been down with soome virus, she did how ever test negative for mono. deb's bringing the kids to us tonight, so she can have a night in town with a girlfriend, i think the jingle bell ball or something like that. lauren has requested we make a ginger bread house, i think i should start drinking now and hope for the best with the building of a ginger bread house. hugs and kissesxoxox be safe i'll tell alll you say hello love queenie
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