Travel Day

Today I covered a lot of ground. I bid a silent goodbye to my roommates at the hostel in Copan as I left to catch my bus at 5AM. I loved this bus from the moment I saw it. It was decked out with huge seats with enough room for even my knees, movie screens (would you believe they played Apocolypto?), and drink service. I mostlt slept thru the 7 hour ride, and when I woke up I was in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. In my few waking moments, I noticed that the countryside was try and mostly forected with pine trees... one would be forgiven if they mistook it for the hills of california between Sacramento and Tahoe.

When I got off the bus finally I found myself at the bus station in the capital of the most dangerous country in Central America without a guide book and no other gringos in sight. I´ll admit that I felt a little vunerable. I knew that I could catch the direct bus to the capital of Nicaragua to the south but i´d have to spend the night in Tegucigalpa and wait for the morning. Without a guide book I´d be at the mercy of the taxi drivers who are known for scams. I decided to catch a shorter ride south on a different bus immediatly rather than wait out the rest of the day in the city. So, I rode that one another 4 hours south and ended up in Choluteca, 45 minutes north of the Nicaragua border.

I´m writing from the net cafe across the street from my hotel. I pushed the limits of my poor spanish skills and found the time and location of the bus to Nicaragua the next morning and got this hotel recomendation close to the bus station. Its a little smelly but I did get AC with it for a total of $10. Actually thats a really high price for around these parts but I didnt see any alternatives and it´s hot as holy hell here. I´ll write again when I´m actually inside Nicaragua. No idea where I´ll end up, but at least I´ll have a guide book.