Santos G, taking it to the next level!
Well at the moment this whole crazy format of word first, pictures to follow is the best I can do, so I am afraid that you are going to have to stick with it. If you do have any concerns with this format, please fell free to contact me at your leisure.
Anywho, we ended our Tegucigalpa efforts with a bang! I took the Urquia family out for some Mexicana on Saturday night before heading out with Mario, Marcella and a few of her friends. A relatively quiet night in comparison to Friday; with this whole new law about everything closing down at 2 am, and no Edgar to hang out with on the roof of Centenario (MIA due to Hangover), we decided to hit the sack.
Up Sunday morning relatively early to see my host mum off at the airport, she's headed down to Cartagena to help the Honduran team win gold at the Central American & Caribbean Olympics, before heading up to tatumbla for one last home cooked meal with the Urquia's (minus Macky) and watch Zidaine head but Italy to victory. A few afternon brews with some of Marcella's friends before saying our final goodbies and heading back to Centenario and getting our things sorted for our 5:45 departure to go and hang with Santos.
World Vision picks us up for what to us seems way to early, for our drive out to La Esperanza (about 3 1/2 hours from Tegus) and out into Santos' Community. We brought him this sick soccer ball kit with cone goals and shin pads to boot, as well as my Socceroos gurnsey that I picked up in Miami (he'll grow into it) and some rice and beans for the fam. He loved the soccer kit, don't think I have ever seen a kid smile so much, and his folks were so stocked with the food that they spent almost the entire time we were there running around picking and producing gifts for us including a bag of pears, a handful of plums, some cooked spuds and cheese, some jam & a giant rooster money box (we still don't know what to do with it, think he might be following us around the world cause we don't have the heart to throw it out). Santos' old man showed me the fields where they grow produce and we kicked the ball around with the yound fella for a bit before we headed down to his school to meet some of his classmates.
After we'd hung out with Santos for a bit, we decided it was time to continue our journey North so as to reach Tela by nightfall instead of spending a night in dodgy ol' San Pedro. WV dropped us at Siguatepeque from where we caught one of the fastest chicken buses that I have ever been on up to San Pedro, and within the hour onto Tela, another 2 hours down the road on the Caribbean Coast.
Accomodation is a bit more expensive here that what I recall (I guess it has been 8 years) and after checking out the first place that sounded not so bad and found out it was pretty average for what you got, we spent the next hour or so hunting around the city for another option. Lilla fell in love with this place on the beach called Cesar Mariscos, and once I found out that it had a rooftop pool and jacuzzi, i couldn't resist, especially when our room comes with a balcony over looking the palm tree covered, white sandy beach. It was definitely out of our budget, but when they knocked 15% off the price and considering it was going to be Lilla's birthday in a couple of days, we decided to splurge!
We spent the the rest of the sunlight in the pool before having a few drinks on the balcony and heading down to the restaurant for dinner with an English couple we met on the bus. Yesterday was spent at the beach, soaking up the rays and enjoying the warm waters of Honduras has been too long in between. The closing sunshine hours in the pool before enjoying some more views over some Rum & Fresca from the balcony and a dinner to kill for at the end of our street.
This morning we were up early (something Lilla tells me she would never do back home for her birthday) and we headed out for Punta Sal, this beautiful National Park on a rainforest covered, monkey & crab infested, beautiful beach surrounded, headland about a 45 minute boat ride from Tela. We walked through the forest for a bit (something else Lilla would not do on her birthday) monkey and crab spotting, before heading to 1 of several beautiful coves for some snorkel action (can't wait to be diving again) and onto our final destination, a small Garifuna community on another gorgeous costline for some lunch and some R&R.
At about 1:30 a massive storm rolled in, with lots of rain and wind to boot so we legged it for the kitchen of this local lady before we were blown away. The fierceness of the storm made as all think that we were to be spending the night in the kitchen, but within about 15 minutes of craziness it basically subsided to nothing, clearing our passage to Tela.
We got back to town an hour or so ago, Lilla is getting a Pedicure whilst I visit El Grande, not a bad way to spend a birthday, in the Caribbean being pampered!
Anywho, we ended our Tegucigalpa efforts with a bang! I took the Urquia family out for some Mexicana on Saturday night before heading out with Mario, Marcella and a few of her friends. A relatively quiet night in comparison to Friday; with this whole new law about everything closing down at 2 am, and no Edgar to hang out with on the roof of Centenario (MIA due to Hangover), we decided to hit the sack.
Up Sunday morning relatively early to see my host mum off at the airport, she's headed down to Cartagena to help the Honduran team win gold at the Central American & Caribbean Olympics, before heading up to tatumbla for one last home cooked meal with the Urquia's (minus Macky) and watch Zidaine head but Italy to victory. A few afternon brews with some of Marcella's friends before saying our final goodbies and heading back to Centenario and getting our things sorted for our 5:45 departure to go and hang with Santos.
World Vision picks us up for what to us seems way to early, for our drive out to La Esperanza (about 3 1/2 hours from Tegus) and out into Santos' Community. We brought him this sick soccer ball kit with cone goals and shin pads to boot, as well as my Socceroos gurnsey that I picked up in Miami (he'll grow into it) and some rice and beans for the fam. He loved the soccer kit, don't think I have ever seen a kid smile so much, and his folks were so stocked with the food that they spent almost the entire time we were there running around picking and producing gifts for us including a bag of pears, a handful of plums, some cooked spuds and cheese, some jam & a giant rooster money box (we still don't know what to do with it, think he might be following us around the world cause we don't have the heart to throw it out). Santos' old man showed me the fields where they grow produce and we kicked the ball around with the yound fella for a bit before we headed down to his school to meet some of his classmates.
After we'd hung out with Santos for a bit, we decided it was time to continue our journey North so as to reach Tela by nightfall instead of spending a night in dodgy ol' San Pedro. WV dropped us at Siguatepeque from where we caught one of the fastest chicken buses that I have ever been on up to San Pedro, and within the hour onto Tela, another 2 hours down the road on the Caribbean Coast.
Accomodation is a bit more expensive here that what I recall (I guess it has been 8 years) and after checking out the first place that sounded not so bad and found out it was pretty average for what you got, we spent the next hour or so hunting around the city for another option. Lilla fell in love with this place on the beach called Cesar Mariscos, and once I found out that it had a rooftop pool and jacuzzi, i couldn't resist, especially when our room comes with a balcony over looking the palm tree covered, white sandy beach. It was definitely out of our budget, but when they knocked 15% off the price and considering it was going to be Lilla's birthday in a couple of days, we decided to splurge!
We spent the the rest of the sunlight in the pool before having a few drinks on the balcony and heading down to the restaurant for dinner with an English couple we met on the bus. Yesterday was spent at the beach, soaking up the rays and enjoying the warm waters of Honduras has been too long in between. The closing sunshine hours in the pool before enjoying some more views over some Rum & Fresca from the balcony and a dinner to kill for at the end of our street.
This morning we were up early (something Lilla tells me she would never do back home for her birthday) and we headed out for Punta Sal, this beautiful National Park on a rainforest covered, monkey & crab infested, beautiful beach surrounded, headland about a 45 minute boat ride from Tela. We walked through the forest for a bit (something else Lilla would not do on her birthday) monkey and crab spotting, before heading to 1 of several beautiful coves for some snorkel action (can't wait to be diving again) and onto our final destination, a small Garifuna community on another gorgeous costline for some lunch and some R&R.
At about 1:30 a massive storm rolled in, with lots of rain and wind to boot so we legged it for the kitchen of this local lady before we were blown away. The fierceness of the storm made as all think that we were to be spending the night in the kitchen, but within about 15 minutes of craziness it basically subsided to nothing, clearing our passage to Tela.
We got back to town an hour or so ago, Lilla is getting a Pedicure whilst I visit El Grande, not a bad way to spend a birthday, in the Caribbean being pampered!
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