Semana Santa

Copan to Tela
We got up very early on Monday morning to catch a direct bus to San Pedro to make our way to Tela. From my knowledge of most direct buses, they usually go faster and don’t stop as often. Things are never predictable in Honduras though and this one stopped quite often and kept picking up people until the whole aisle of the bus was filled in addition to the seats. Steve, one of Tad’s friends, had a baby next to him in the aisle who either got sick or carsick and starting spitting up; it almost landed on him a few times. And we weren’t even in San Pedro yet! Haha. We arrived at the bus station, scrambled to get a bus to Tela as quickly as possible and left around 10:30. This bus ride was quite uneventful and we arrived in Tela around noon. We got a taxi to our hotel, but realized we may have to pay before we could go into our rooms. So we decided to drop off our bags and Tad, Laura Beth and I went to the bank. I didn’t desperately need money and I had an ATM card for our bank, but neither Tad nor LB had a card. We got to the bank and our hearts sank when we saw the line. It was probably 50 people deep, no joke. I decided to use the ATM and unfortunately Tad and LB ended up standing in line at the bank for 2 hours to get their money!

I went in search of my friends who had gone to lunch while we were at the bank, but couldn’t find them. I found a cheap baleada place to eat lunch at and then tried looking for Amy, Mandi, and Steve again. Since I couldn’t find them and they had the room key, I decided to just lounge by the pool and wait for them. I ended up napping on one of the lounge chairs after our long and early travel day. We eventually reconnected with everyone and spent some time soaking up the rays before the sun went down. Rain clouds were starting to gather and before we knew it, it was downpouring. We went to dinner at a nearby hotel. I got this amazing fish and got to listen to the rain while we ate. We all decided to go for a late night swim in the ocean after that, and then hit the sack.