Hey all,I thought I would start with a real live photo of a real live iguana. They seem to be moderately plentiful around here and this one was sunning itself on the sidewalk last Saturday as we drove by.
Last Wed night I had duty, again a major waste of time. All told two people checked out. The next day I had off as compensation, but most of it was rehearsal for the Army change of command. Friday was the change of command and after we finished at 10, it was the rest of the day off. That afternoon, I picked up a rental car for the weekend. There was no way that I was going to spend my birthday stuck on base.
Saturday we took off around noon, went to a neighboring town, La Paz, to look around, walked the market. I did find a decent cell phone, that I may go back and get. I needed to do some research into what frequencies it uses and what is used back home. I also saw some nice material for suits. Enough for a suit would cost me $25, and I bet I can get labor real cheap down here. After that we headed into the capital, Tegucigalpa, and a new mall there, ate a late lunch and then did some shopping at the super-store there (supposedly, it is owned by Walmart).
Sunday we headed out and got lost looking for this microbrewery, D & D Brewery. The only microbrewery in Honduras. After three hours we found it. The best directions we recieved were from these three gals that were driving a Mercedes with California license plates (I have no idea if they really drove all the way down here). We chilled there for a couple of hours. It was a really great location, both pictures below are from there. Nice and lush scenery. If we had more time, it would have been great to chill in a hammock and read a book. The return trip only tool an hour forty minutes. After our return, we had a cook-out with a bunch of Navy folks (speaking of which, we actually are at 14 Sailors here, there are three positions in turn-over, another couple weeks and we will be back to 11).
Today it was back to the grind. Many things happening this month.
