Blog | Comayaqua, Honduras |
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| Written by Keith Rhoades | |
| Thursday, 09 October 2008 | |
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Hello all. I am currently in Comayagua, Honduras....the original capital of Honduras dating back to 1525 and lasting until 1880. I think as old as this city is....the internet here is older....it is slower than pouring molasses in january in minnesota....Ive already cursed at this damn internet several times because I had a few other things I needed to do...one check my checking account and two look at the American Airlines WEbsite to see how much luggage I can bring back. They keep changing all the rules and I don´t know what I can bring...and I have a load of souvenirs, etc. So much in fact that I need to buy another bag before I leave...but want to make sure I have the right size. Well, after baring my heart and soul last night....i had dinner and went to bed early. I woke up and something bit me during the night...not a mosquito....the whole back side of my calf is swollen and wont stop itching. So i took a benadryl which helped a bit. I cant remember the last time I have taken a bus in Los Angeles and I have never taken the metro...I have this fear I am going to get lost or something. Yet I can be in some strange country and think nothing of hopping busses. The bus situation in Honduras is chaotic. There is no bus station...you just flag busses down and ask where they are going and you really have no idea if you are on the right bus. To get off you just yell out approximo...and they stop and you get off. There is no organization or specific area to catch a bus. Sometimes its just at a gas station and you hail a bus down. Well, i hailed a bus down to get to Comoyagua...but got on the wrong bus and ended up in the slums of Tegucigalpa...what an experience. I then navigated to get on the right bus and got to Comayagua two hours laters.  Comoyagua was the original capital and I saw the oldest church La Merced here built in 1525. It is a charming town and the people are very friendly and want to use the limited English they know. This trip is odd...because usually I end up meeting up with other backpackers from Australia, England, Germany, etc. Yet on this trip...I have run into only one the entire time. Most of my other trips were on ¨tourist circuits¨that are travelled often by backpackers...such as my south east asia stops, or my turkey, jordan, israel stops, etc. Even my peru trip was on the ¨gringo trail¨.....but this trip is completely off any tourist circuits and there are no other backpackers. So often people look at me like what are you doing here.. La Merced, oldest church in Comayagua Well, until manana... |
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