Destination Nicaragua
Honduras - March 17, 2006
After our two last scuba dives yesterday morning (see previous entry for more info!) we rushed back to pack our bags, pick up our certifications and catch the 2pm ferry. Having skipped breakfast (again) due to our early morning dives, I decided to join our instructor and have a chicken burger while doing our paperwork. This however caused me to run a little tight on time... .arriving to the ferry with only 4 minutes to spare. Lee on the other hand played it safe and skipped the satisfaction of what seemed like the juiciest meal of the week. Once our ferry arrived in La Ceiba, the first item on our agenda was to head straight to the immigration office to work through the passport fiasco. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be much easier and less painless than we anticipated. Nevertheless, the ordeal still consumed most of the afternoon, something we have become accustomed to so far in Central America.
As we learned, our best option to get to Managua, Nicaragua was actually to back track to San Pedro Sula (where we initially came from) and then catch a 12-hour bus to Tegucigalpa.
When we finally arrived in San Pedro Sula, it was 9pm and we were absolutely starved. To our delight, there was an incredible juice bar for licuados (similar to fruit smoothies) conveniently less than a block from our hostel. According to Lonely Planet, this joint was tabbed "The best licuados in all of Honduras," and we wholeheartedly agree. We ended up parking ourselves at the juice booth and had a dinner's worth of fruit smoothies. At $0.85 a pop, we couldn't go wrong. They were so good, we even considered staying an extra day just for the smoothies.
The last leg of our journey will be a bus ride from Managua to Granada, which is our destination for the moment before departing to Costa Rica.
ps. The above pic was taken at 4:45 am waiting for the bus (hence the face). Lee no like early manana.