Tegucigalpa Marriott Hotel

... blue chroms, blue tangs, sergeant majors, butterflyfish, black durgeons and margates, porcupine fish, drum fish, groupers, snappers, stingrays, turtles, morays, lobsters and many many more. My favourite dives were my first deep dive which was in the north side of the island, the airport caves, which included swimming through natural rock alleys into caves and through passages that were both vertical and horizontal. It was fantastic controlling my own buoyancy ...

... us sleeping on a parkbench vs. beds is what little Spanish I can muster up. Though not all that confident with my own Spanish, I am fairly confident that whoever invented Spanish is rolling over in his grave whenever the language rolls off my tongue.<br><br>One thing is for sure though. The people down here are very polite and very helpful and will get you pointed in the right direction if you just make an attempt. Basic politeness, manners and courtesy ...

... the protests is everywhere. Protests pop up on a moments notice I have been told and people here seem pretty passionate about their politics.<br><br>I was in the center of town very discreetly taking some pictures when a girl in her early 20s approached me and asked if I was with CNN. I told her no and she told me to be careful with the camera if I was from CNN. About ten minutes later I went inside a Radio Shack to buy a USB cable to hook my camera ...

... local guy move more than once because he was standing in my way of the television during the game. hE didn´t have to but he kept insisting the guy move over one step while he paid his bill. The other worker talked cigars with me since he used to smoke and is proud of the cigars in Honduras, second best in the world behind Cuba per him. Off to Nicaragua.. pictures to follow soom

... is moved into the humidor room for storage and packing. Everything is done by hand from start to finish. I stayed a few days in the beautiful city of Copan Ruinas where I met a very funny Dutch couple and went horseback riding with them. After the El Salvador experience, I finally made it on a horse. We went to a very remote community village that lives off making straw dolls and selling them to tourists at the ruins. With nearly 100 kids in a village ...

... but the vehicle is at a slope of about 5 degrees, not the best for sleeping but we shall cope. 29th -They have finished the work today, but it is too late to go anywhere except back to the Hiper Paiz store(N14.04.568 W87.12.143) We are able to park, shop and stay overnight. In fact they thought we were staying for four nights when we asked. We will take advantage and stay at least one more night. 30th- Still at the ...

... became a bit too much for me and I decided to head back to the relative calm of lying spread-eagled in the sun. That evening I went to my favourite oceanside bar with my book in tow, and proceeded to demolish two large pepperoni pizzas followed by a snickers bar. God I love food. The following day I finally managed to get down to some diving, which was after all the entire purpose of coming to Honduras in the first place! Although I had finished my open water course just fifteen or ...

... and checked the TV for the Germany - Turkey football results. Still a chance for Spain if Germany plays like that! We had a nice little dinner at a small restaurant next to the main square (El Jalapeño) where the waitress was more interested in her singing career than attending the tables (and we were the only clients!). As you can see, internet works here also, and there is even an ATM box in this mountain town, so nearly back to normal ...

... myself and then taught in a tiny Costa Rican village for a year without even knowing Spanish. Three months in a city with THOUSANDS of people should be a piece of cake. But it doesn't matter how much I've travelled or how often I've jumped out of or off of things, or how many strange situations I've gotten myself into and out of while travelling, each trip is a different adventure. And each adventure, as exciting as it may be to plan and talk about while sitting comfortably in some ...