Saturday morning we headed over to the town of La Ceiba, another resort town that is considered more of a party town. Since a couple of the Navy guys were trying to save money, we stayed at a different hotel than the rest of the group. The hotel stunk, big time. It was way away from the beach and the pool was tiny. The rooms weren't ready yet, they asked for an hour, so we walked over to the mall to wander around. We returned after almost two and a half hours and the rooms still weren't ready.
We did end up chatting with one of the hotel workers who was from the island just of the coast, Roatan. It is supposed to be beautiful and have great diving. The island apparently more like a Carribean island than a Latin American country. This gal spoke really good english and ended up sending us to a really great restaurant.
Sunday morning we got up, cleaned up, had breakfast and started on the five hour ride back to base.
The Beach at Tela
The Hotel Pool area at Tela
A couple of the guys on their balcony
Traffic Accidents are really common, people pass without regard for road conditions or oncoming traffic. In this case, a driver probably cut off the truck. The guy with a gun is a Honduran Army guy. As democracy has grown, and the threats for communist insurgents gone away, the army has done more to help the police with the crime. They essentially guard the police from attacks while the police exercise their powers.
Here are the Navy guys (l to r): MA2 Troy Barrett, MA2 Justin Rhodes, SKCS Rolando Henriquez, CWO3 Al Campbell, SK3 Dmonique Daphness, we've been together from Ft. Benning, although here on base we are spread around. This is the restaurant the gal at the hotel recommended.
