Beach Fun

Trip Start Aug 01, 2007

Trip End Sep 16, 2007

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Flag of Honduras La Ceiba, Honduras
Sunday, September 2, 2007

Colleen and I spend the past two days sitting on the beach or by the poolside. It has been very hot, but thankfully a welcoming pool or ocean is only a few feet away! We explored the city and have feasted on cheap, tasty food. And I think I am addicted to fried plantains and bananas. They make them so good down here!

The central park has a lovely cathedral on one corner and a Pizza Hut on another. There are a slew of restaurants near the park central serving local favorites and some interesting fish concoctions. Another park located a few blocks away is called Parque Swinford is beautifully manicured. It is one of the prettiest city parks i have seen in Honduras so far. Granted, I have only seen about 5 parks in Honduras. Large palm trees tower over the hundreds of small green plants and flower beds that line the walkways.

One of the main reasons to come to La Ceiba is to enjoy the many outdoor activities that surround the city

Beach

. However, we wanted to sit, talk and relax on the beach.

While we were lying on the beach earlier today waiting for the sun to slowly sit, we had a very interested experience that has left an image my head that I would love to forget. A young man in his mid 20s started walking to us and kept starring at us as he ever so slowly walked past us. We didn't think anything of it. However, on his return trip past us....HE TOOK OUT IS EQUIPMENT AND WAGGLED IT AT US!! Asking if we would like to partake, this is of course in Spanish. We were so stunned at what we had just seen, that all we could do was yell at him to leave in Spanish. Colleen immediately went to the hotel security on the beach to report this, I stayed on the beach watching our items. Her complaint went like this, 'Excuse me, but that man who is walking over there showed us his, [hand gesture of wiggling her hand at her crotch|. Oh my gosh, we were so shocked! We had just been flashed and propositioned on a beach in Honduras!

On another note, I am still being eaten alive. But the bugs are being more sneaky. They don't hurt when they bite...they start to itch a few hours later. I am super paranoid and making sure to take my malaria medication because there are 5 different strains of malaria along the coast and in the Bay Islands.

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Beach outside of the hotel	Central park	Cloudy sunset	Coast
Colleen	Colleen in central park	Dead butterfly in the sand	Fancy hotel
Me and Colleen	Me and colleen in central park	Out in the ocean	Playing with a tree 1
Playing with a tree 2	Playing with a tree 3	Poolside	Sunset
The main church	Tree lined beach	Wires in La Ceiba...a fire hazard