Monday, April 6, 2009

And Im on my way, idont know where im goin, but im on my way

So in the last two weeks we have covered more ground than the last two months!! We went to Copan, a town close to the ruins and guatemala border. We have discovered baleadas, a honduran breakfast much like a quesadilla but with more beans and phenomenal fluffy tortillas. While in Copan we visited a butterfly-orchid sanctuary where ii saw incredible caterpillars and flutterbys that i have never seen. On this same day i finally got a haircut, but not just any haircut, a honduran haircut, costing about $1.50. What made it so ditinct was the hair styles on posters with an extreme 80s theme, the buzzers and TV were all powered by a number of car batteries. And when he went to do the buzzing trim real close around the ears and on the back of my neck, he used an old school manual, single blade butterfly razor, which was far more accurate... gotta get me one of them. The next day we went to the ruins, which were not as impressive structurally as others, but offered a great wildlife scene. When we arrived there were about 20 macaw parrots just floating around, getting fed bananas.
One thing about honduras, and it is the same in Guatemala, just not to this degree, is that everyone carries a gun, the police have M16 or automatic shot guns, and many citizens just through a 9mm or a revolver in their belt, no holdster or anything, just cowboy up. So i took advantage of this photo op and have some great photos of this guy flaunting his gun, and even pointing it straight at the camera as i snapped the shutter.
After Copan, we hung out in Tela for one night, but do to prices and a constantly multiplying honduran tourist population, we left. It reminded us of Guayabitos on semana santa, loud, swealtering, and dirty. On the day we left, it monsoon style rained for about a half an hour, flooding the streets and drenching the beach mauraders.
After Tela, we headed to La Ceiba where we would wait until our time to go to UTILA.
La Ceiba isn't woth writing about, but we stayed for a few days. When we finally went to Utila, because we were waiting on the availability of our CouchSurfing host, it cost $22 each a boat ride, and we took two backpack fulls of food to avoid the price hikes. And the entire time that we were there, we didn't eat in a single restaurant. We were hosted by a very eccentric Salvadorean guy, who was good company most of the time, but were also joined by 1 to 6 other couchsurfers at any given time. Sonya got a job while on the island, and I was gonna look but wanting to stick to our plan and not lolly gag, we moved on, not to mention housing and cooking in a kitchen would have been a little tricky. So after a loong chicken bus ride yesterday, we are in the town, or rather, a litlle bit outside the town of Trujillo, staying in a place where we may work a little bit to help us pay the bills. We have a gorgeous beach, which isn't as warm aS OTHER CARRIBEAN WATERS, AND BELIEVE ME, IT IS A RELIEF TO ACTUALLY cool off IN THE WATER RATHER THAN STEPPING INto bath water.
Next its Tegucigalpa and on to Nicaragua.

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