While I stayed in the hotel Tony went into Tegucigalpa to see what was there.
Nothing apparently, except a Cathedral.
Nothing apparently, except a Cathedral.
With a gold altar.
He was rather alarmed by all the security!
We had decided to hire a car for a few days. We ordered the smallest, but this arrived!
It was the smallest they had!
We decided, after five minutes on the road, that we were very glad we were in a tank!
Our first stop was at the pretty mountain village of Santa Lucia.
The church was typical of this area, small and white.
Inside, the altar was beautifully lit.
and they were preparing for a wedding.
We drove on passing these trees.
covered in air plants.
We drove up hill and down again, until it was time to stop for lunch at an Atolera.
Which is a kind of 'milk' restaurant!.
I chose corn on the cob with white cheese and cream with Parmesan cheese added!
Tony decided to have a chicken sweetcorn tortilla with cheese.
We saw several people eating what looked like yoghurt, which I fancied!
When it came it was a sort of yoghurt, but it was hot.
The place was quite extrodianry! The tables and chairs were carved.
Giant carved figures stood in the main part of the restaurant.
At the back there was a zoo - of sorts! I did not want to go and see as I thought the animals would be in very bad condiditon. but they wern´t - this little chap was very friendly.
There were lots of home made things for the children to play on.
Amazing what one can do with a few bits of water pipe!
Horse riding is so important in this part of the world, so of course one could practise or imagine!
Next door was a super fruit stall, so we paid about 2$ for a huge papaya and 2 very fresh mangos.
The next stop was at Comayagua , a colonial town that had been restored.
The church was closed when we arrived. The clock is apparently the original brought by the Spaniards in the 1500´s - it still works!
We looked around - some of the buildings were well restored.
Where old men talked.
Round the corner the very young played in the street.
And this man proclaimed that we were all sinning.
The church finally openend. Inside four of the seven gold plated altars remained.
A very moving, suffering Jesus was ready for the Holy Week parades.
Mary looked on
And the peace of the building was reflected through the windows..
Landscapes - I always have problems with - but this is a very bad 'photo of the scenery we were passing through.
We arrived at Lake Yojoa, where we were to stay the night - it was difficult to find somewhere, but we eventually stayed at a Finca. It was one of these "farm" stays! With small cabins.
That looked over the lake.
The place was packed - with a group of American religous students.
What they were doing we had no idea, but the following night they were in our hotel as well!
The next day we were off to the city of La Ceiba, on the way we drove over dirt roads,
Very narrow bridges
Passed huge pineapple plantations, run by Dole.
And eventaully arrived in Ceiba.After passing a 'plane graveyard!
We wern´t very impressed! We were confronted with a very poor town
Little reamined of the original buildings. What did remain was almost falling apart.
Just one small corner house was survivng.
But, this is the Carribean!
Along this northern coast of Honduras are villages that remain as they did centuries ago. Black people were brought as slaves to man the plantations. After freedom came they stayed in their villages. We felt we were back in Africa!
The blacks have kept their culture.We were surprised at the name of this village!
Houses were close together.
open sewers!
tumble down houses,
boats on the beach,
.
We had a drink and were off on the way to San Pedro Sula.
When it came it was a sort of yoghurt, but it was hot.
The church was closed when we arrived. The clock is apparently the original brought by the Spaniards in the 1500´s - it still works!
There was a very shady plaza.
What they were doing we had no idea, but the following night they were in our hotel as well!
The next day we were off to the city of La Ceiba, on the way we drove over dirt roads,
We wern´t very impressed! We were confronted with a very poor town
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