Monday, February 4, 2008

still in honduras feb. 4

I just wrote a bunch on the blog, and then the computer lost it somehow.......the computers are in spanish, so I can´t navigate around too well.......so here goes again.....
we´re still in honduras and enjoying it alot. We left the Copan ruins and headed towards Lago de Yojoa....a bit east and north of the ruins, i think. I had read in a guidebook that there was a beer brewing gringo that had a B&B near the lake so we decided to go check it out. When we got there, Bob said he didn´t really have room for us and tried to send us on our way down the road. So we just stood there looking pathetic and he finally said maybe we could squeeze into the parking lot if he moved his truck. So, we squeezed. We even had to unhook from the trailer and maneuver it by hand to get it in. We ended up staying 3 nights. Bob had a pool, toucans, and was a really good guitar player. He cut off a wine bottle for me and made a slide so I could learn how to play slide guitar. His beer was really good.....but he ran out due to a delay in his shipment. Dean rode with him when his supplies came in and Bob brewed right when he got home. He brewed 2 - 15 gallon batches. He said his beer would be ready to drink in 5 days. While we were there, we went to a large waterfall where we swam in the river just above the falls. They warned not to get too close to the edge or you´d plummet to your death. We also rented a lancha for half a day and paddled out on the lake and fished (but didn´t catch). The people here are really nice....none of the machismo like in Mexico. And they don´t drive as crazy either. We finally left Bob´s and headed toward the Carribean. We couldn´t find a place to camp, so we ended up camping for 2 nights in a parking lot next to the tourist police....pretty grim. Kind of the low point of camping places. No bathroom...we had to buy licuados (fruit smoothies )just to use the bathroom of a restaurant. We decided to see if we could upgrade,so we went to the Botanical gardens and they said we could camp there for $5. Major improvement. Big grassy fields under palm trees. We swam in the swimming holes of the river and wandered the gardens. We´re now back in Tela shopping for enough food to get us by for a few days, which is no easy task. The boys are always hungry, and the stores don´t reallyhave that much food. You have to go to a bunch of stores and market stalls to get what you need. Dean is off getting haircuts for him and the boys.....I guess they´re getting the flat tops hé´s been talking about for years. I can hardly wait to see Dean in his 30 year old army glasses (he lost his other glasses the day we left and had to bring his old ones), with the weird brown skate shoes he bought and a flat top. I´ll be sure to take lots of pictures for everyone to enjoy...
Well, I guess I´m off to get my flat top......I told Dean that if he got one, I´d get one. I´ll see if I can send this post without losing it. More later.......

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