This morning we sadly said goodbye to our friends here in Leon. They gave us a ride to the bus station and we were off again to parts unknown.
We got on a bus for Chinandega, Nicaragua. Once there we caught a bus to Guasaule on the Honduras border. I didn’t move fast enough to get a seat so I had to stand much of the way. Once we got to the border we had to fight off the guys and there little carts who wanted to give us a ride. They wanted to charge us the same price to go about a mile across the border as we had just paid for a two-hour bus ride. We walked. And then it was another hour-long bus ride to Choluteta. I should also tell you that if you are picturing chicken buses you have the right idea.
Once we got to Choluteta, our chosen city in Honduras we had no contacts and no idea were to go. So we walked to a large church we had seen on the way in and asked them if they knew of any cheap hostels or hotels. On our walk there someone out of the blue pointed down a street and said Pacifico. We thought, Oh you can see the ocean from here. It must be were all the tourists go. We continued on to the church and found some very nice people who did some calling around and found a small hotel that was sort of in our price range. Guess what the name was, yep Pacifico Hotel. When we checked in we were happy to find three beds, a shower, and AC! What a blessing. Oh and our new friends at the church even gave us a lift to the hotel.
After showers to wash off all the dirt we had accumulated on our trip we went to Wendy’s for supper. Yes it really was Wendy’s. You should have seen us trying to order baked potatoes and cokes. We stopped both lines with our terrible Spanish. I was behind Tam and told her don’t move. I walked up and pointed at her potato and said that I wanted one of these. It was a riot and all we did was order. Then we went to a grocery to get water. Like all groceries we have seen in Central America it is owned by Wal-Mart. They even wear Wall Mart tags and some have blue vests.
We will be in Choluteta for the next few days. After our last adventures in Leon and our start here I wonder what God has in store for us here. We will find out…
