Hmmm...Honduras

The border crossing we mentioned was slightly scary, after getting the 4am chicken bus (filled with limes) from Leon we were thrown out at what can only be described as a slum with a million rickshaw drivers hassling us to get a ride with them. So we literally crossed the border into Honduras by means of a little man peddling his legs off with another running alongside to make sure we stayed upright!!! It was definitely a moment to remember. Especially when we came across some Honduran police and they stopped us and waved their guns around for a little while, before letting us go past!

The first town that we found ourselves dumped in had absolutely no other tourists so we found ourselves sat in a motel eating some of the lovely local delicacies (errr...fried chicken and chips) watching some amazing american cable tv (cougar town, the good wife, the american office, jay leno.....don't judge us, we've been without english/american contact for a while now!!!)

We did get to see some amazing caves that we explored all by ourselves, which was pretty scary! We kept freaking each other out by saying "what would happen if we got trapped in here?! Would anybody find us?!?" It was ok though...we had bat friends to look after us.

We also went to the quaint, cobble-streeted town of Copan Ruinas which was lovely to wander round and we had some delicious coffee from the nearby coffee plantation...yum yum! The hostel we stayed in here was really crazy fun, with teddy bears pinned to the walls and each of the beds named after famous people (ours was ken and barbie...oh yeh!) but it was quite fun because there were some other fun travellers there and so we had a night out with them. The claims of the main bar in town having funky music with a dj were slightly exaggerated, but we enjoyed our cheapo mojitos none the less and also met some LA lifeguards (yes they are real life baywatch people, how exciting!)

We decided to hold off visiting the ruins here as we are awaiting bigger and better things in Guatemala and Mejico!

When trying to book a bus onto Guatemala we were told "computer says no" so found the much more comfortable alternative of a shuttle which we shared with our new found lifeguard friends and a possibly German girl who Letty managed to insult by assuming she couldn't understand English....whoops. Lots of dodgy biscuits, crisps, icecreams, sweets and yet again, yes you guessed it, ham sandwiches later we arrived into the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala just as the sun was setting....

Lots of love xxxxxxxxx

written by  coopsandbets on October 7, 2010 from Placencia, Belize
from the travel blog: We are off to find the wizard!
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