Off to Honduras

Got up about 6:30, went for breakfast and waited with Terri and Joe until 8:30, when our ride to the airport came.

We got our bags checked and went through security and had a bite to eat at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

We had an uneventful flight to San Salvador, where we had a 2 hour layover before our flight to San Pedro Sula.

The flight from San Salvador to San Pedro Sula was on a prop. plane. I've never really flown in one of those before (other than really small single engine ones). Talk about noisy!

The guy from Los Molinos guest house picked us up at the airport and took us to the guest house. This is Tracy's first time in a third-world country, it's a shock to her to see how most of the world lives. Infrastructure decaying, there was an old woman in the parking lot of the airport begging, Tracy didn't know what was doing until after, she clued in, she couldn't believe it. Rundown houses and buildings, garbage and trash everywhere, stray dogs and cats everywhere.

After getting into our room, we walked to the mall near the guest house, which of course is like any mall in any city, all the typical American stores. We had trouble finding a bank machine that would accept our bank card, but finally found one. Tracy was getting a bit freaked out not being able to get money. We went across the street from the mall to a pizza and chicken place (Pollo King) and had a pizza for supper, then back to the guest house. They spoke no english and our Spanish was quite limited, but we did manage to get what we wanted.

We got back about 7:00pm, and San Pedro Sula was recently ranked the most dangerous city in the world and there's nothing to do. Tracy started going through her backpack and discovered that her shampoo container broke and shampoo all over her small backpack. Sucks but what can you do.

I'm presently sitting in the front room of the guest house typing these journal entries, Tracy is upstairs watching TV, trying to learn Spanish by watching the Spanish subtitles on American televisions programs.

Tomorrow we're heading off to La Ceiba on the northern coast of Honduras.