Honduras 2/4/9

We only occasionally hear about the food and the beating the digestive tracts are taking. The boys did take a series of vaccines and I believe packed home remedies and necessary prescriptions but living on motorcycles has its downside, no matter what country you're in or what the water source is. I'll spare the details, but on the food, this comes from Woody in Guatemala:

"on the subject of food, it has been great. simple stuff--tortillas always, beans, rice, chicken, vegetables, fruit. it tastes similar everywhere we have been. good coffee is hard to find, surprisingly. and it is not cheap when you do. costs about the same as it does in minnesota, and you can only get it in a full-blown coffee shop. but it is delicious."

Along the way, as often happens, there have been struggles with traveling companions. At one point I got a message saying "and then there were two" -- after a break with another American. I look forward to hearing the story as it reminded me of a late night getaway I pulled myself once long ago...of course, that was with my best friend on the beaches of Tulum and the perpetrators were a trio of Greek jet setters/night club owners. Ahh, but that's another story for another time...for Woody it meant leaving the good people of Guatemala and crossing into Honduras:

"We crossed into honduras yesterday, so mom should be happy. we´re in copan ruinas today, leaving a litter later for the east coast and the city of la ceiba. from there, we may take a ferry to the island of utila, where brock is living. also, at the border yesterday, we met a couple from canada whom are moving here. they bought property outside of la ceiba, and although they won´t be there yet, they offered it (it is beach property) as a place for us to camp. for the third time and in the third country, we have met shre, from california, on a 650 suzuki v-strom. we will travel with him to la ceiba."

-- luludilly