Rain, Rain Go Away

Cow Hearding down the Main Road

Sharing the Road with Cows

We got into Gracias at lunch time, all starving we agreed to go to the closets restaurant. Driving through town we were a bit shocked. For being the capital of Central America back in the day this place (in Ryan’s words) is a “Shit Hole”. We did not see one smiling face within the 10 blocks of the town. Anyways it ended the first restaurant we saw was a Chinese restaurant (which was packed with locals so we thought it would be good) needless to say NO!! Fried rice and chop suey were the only things they had on the menu (clue #1) and both tasted like they were cooked in 10 sticks of butter and a bottle of soy sauce. After choking down lunch we searched for the hostel recommended in the travel book. This place was a “Shit Hole” too. Since it was still early in the day we decided to move on to the next town La Esperanza about 90 km away.

Within 10 minutes of getting on the road again it started raining. Ok, not a big deal. Then…….about little over an hour later the paved road turned into a dirt road. Ok, kinda a big deal. We were on this wide but rocky, muddy potholes (the size to eat a tire)-filled dirt road for another 45 minutes. Ryan totally handled the road driving the van BUT I was white knuckled and screaming the whole time; while Craig was sleeping in the back and shouting “What the bloody hell is up with this road”. Ok, big deal. The rain was coming down harder and harder, pissing cows and elephants. We finally came to a small town and pulled off the road. We sat in the car for about 30 minutes contemplating what to do. When the rain let up Ryan and Craig got out and asked a local where we were and how far it was to La Esperanza. The really nice old guy directed us back to the main road and said it was another 15 minutes to town. By this time the rain had settled down and the road turned into at least a nice maintained dirt road. In town we easily found our hostel, Casa Mia, and settled in for the rest of the rainy yet still warm evening.

written by  ryan & debbrial on October 27, 2009 from Gracias, Honduras
from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas
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