Another Country Checked Off

Time flies when you´re having fun and that´s why the blog posts may be coming a little faster these days. That and our alotted time to finish up El Salvador and Guatemala ends in mid-January so we will be moving a bit quicker in the coming weeks.

We were sort of stuck on the Bay Island of Utila in Honduras for a bit while Mary Beth did her Open Water SCUBA certification, but we learned while we were there that it´s not uncommon for folks to get stuck there. Most people come for the cheap diving and some get stuck there doing a dive master course or maybe they just keep missing that 6:20 am ferry. We actually missed the ferry too because I urgently needed to use the bathroom and when I got back the ferry was long gone. Luckily there is a 2 pm ferry for those that aren´t too swift at such an early hour as 6 am.

When we finally got back to the mainland it was off to Omoa, a sleepy seaside village that has a very nice Spanish fort on its shores. We only spent 2 days there before we were off again. Next was Copan, the only Mayan ruins in Honduras, and they were amazing. I just hope that seeing Copan first doesn´t ruin visiting Tikal in Guatemala later on.

From Copan we high-tailed it to the border and are now in La Palma, El Salvador. It´s a nice mountain town with not much to do, so we´re doing some e-mailing and other dull stuff today before we head to La Libertad on the coast tomorrow.