Honduras

Our second day in Juayua was quite the experience. We hired a local guide to take us on a tour of some nearby sites. We saw some beautiful waterfalls and then hopped on a bus and headed to some coffee fields. We had quite the intense hike, but the resulting views of El Salvador were well worth it. Our guide, Manuel, helped us practice our Spanish, and was a very friendly. Once back to Juayua, we all had some much needed dinner (pupusas), and then headed back towards the hotel.

The next day we started our journey towards Hondouras. Unfortunately, we missed the first Juayua bus and got a late start. We eventually made it to San Salvador...but, considering that things in Central America stop when it gets dark, we got stuck. Fortunately, a very kind preacher named Anibal noticed our confusion and offered to help. Aparantly we had received some wrong directions and ended up in a rather dangerous part of San Salvador. The preacher had a friend who was a taxi driver, and he took us to the bus station. Unfortunately, we had missed the last bus by about a half an hour. Anibal graciously offered for us to stay in his home, and then take us to the first bus the next morning at 4am. We had a very good conversation and some nice pupusas. His wife, Marlina, was very sweet and asked us to teach her how to make paper cranes. The four of us spoke a sort of Spanglish together and managed to have an enjoyable evening.

In the morning, Anibal´s friend, Mr. Williams, took us to the bus station, and we trecked the rest of the way to Gracias, Honduras.

Though it had a nice name, it was not too exciting of a place. We stayed at a nice place, had a good dinner, and saw some pretty hills. Other then that, there really wasn´t much to do. We decided to leave the first thing the next morning on the 5am bus towards San Pedro Sula, so we could catch the connecting bus to Lago de Yagoe...at least we think that´s what this place is called. It´s pretty here, and we´re staying at a place run by some folks from Oregon. There are two sweet (but beggy) dogs and a lot of nice plant life.

We´ll probably head on to Nicaragua tomorrow, we´re going to splurge and take one of the faster direct buses. Hope all is well. Much love.

Abe and Heather