Hi all. We're in Copan Ruinas tonight. Friday morning Steph and I headed to San Pedro Sula to pick up her folks who were arriving on the 6pm flight. On our way we managed to stop off in Tela for a lunch on the beach of some extremely fresh and tasty fish. The combination of the fresh fish and natural fruit juices as well as sand, sun, and wind made it very hard to tear ourselves away and get back on the road. We went to dip our feet in the water and it was almost impossible to not run for our swimsuits and jump in, but we managed. The fact that Steph didn't have her suit probably helped.

Anyway, we got into SPS around 4 and found a hotel. The place was not exactly winning any awards in cleanliness, customer service, or ammenities, and the location right in the middle of town added a certain sense of adventure usually reserved for individuals enlisted in shadowy paramilitary units. However, it did have secure private parking, which is an automatic premium in San Pedro. One curious item is that all the rooms we saw had large plastic containers (the type usually used to collect garbage) in the showers filled with water. After asking about this we were told that it was because the water supply was subject to frequent failures. Rather than fixing the problem, this was the hotels ingenious way of solving it: pass the hassle on to the guest. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call a "tercermundiada".

This was to be the welcome my in-laws would receive to Honduras and we were not too pleased. In the end, after luggage related hassles at the airport (It seems the TSA in MIA saw it fit to cut open any luggage they couldn't otherwise get into), we called an audible and chose an American-style chain hotel that offered services and accomodations more in keeping with those one might be accustomed to in a developed country...almost.

Anyway, the Bourochers are doing great and we made it to Copan Saturday afternoon with little more trouble than a mild sunburn from the ride over.

It's been four years since the last ime Steph and I were here. The town looks great. The main square has been completely remodeled to look nothing like the traditional spanish plaza, but it works! We'll go to the archeological park tomorrow and will most likely not have time nor legs for anything else after that. Tuesday is another day of low impact tourism (maybe a visit to hot springs, maybe) and then it's back to SPS. I'll be catching the human relay that the flight to Dallas has become and Steph will be moving on the LCE with her folks. Also, we managed to find an apartment to sublease for the remainder of the summer in La Ceiba (aknowledgements to Sophia for the quick and efficient work), so Steph will be moving that afternoon.