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With our feet buried in Honduran sand, Dad and I sighed with relief after a long 2-day journey across three countries by planes, boats, and buses. There is no travel more exciting than when the plans are spontaneous and very flexible. The following is a run down of the means by which we traveled, the bumps we ran into along the way, and finally the results of a successful mission.

Planes, Boats, and Buses

Jeremy Curl
2006-08-28 14:30:10

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With our feet buried in Honduran sand, Dad and I sighed with relief after a long 2-day journey across three countries by planes, boats, and buses. There is no travel more exciting than when the plans are spontaneous and very flexible. The following is a run down of the means by which we traveled, the bumps we ran into along the way, and finally the results of a successful mission.

To accomplish our goal, at least one leg of the trip needed to be by air. Much to our surprise, the domestic flights were rather inexpensive and allowed us to cut our travel time considerably. We took a small aircraft (15 passenger capacity) from Northern Belize to the Southern tip of the country (Punta Gorda), which made stops in each major town along the way. We made 6 landings in total, and some on very short and questionable runways. Flying enabled us to view the entire coastline of Belize, and we even caught a glimpse of Francis Ford Coppola's vacation home in Placencia. In Punta Gorda, we just missed the morning ferry which meant we had to wait 4 and a half hours till the next boat left for Guatemala.

After our long wait, we made the hour trip by water to Puerto Barrios. Next we took a shuttle bus through a small section of Guatemala to the Honduran border (Corinto). We made our money exchange from Quetzals and the Belizean dollar over to Lempiras ($1=18.89 Lp). We then hopped a chicken bus for an hour and a half ride to the oceanside town of Puerto Cortes. By this time the sun had set and we called it a day. The next morning we took a shuttle bus to San Pedro Sula; the second largest city in Honduras. At this point, we changed to a larger bus and made a three hour trip along the coast to La Ceiba. We passed through banana, pineapple, and coconut plantations and got to see how the people of Honduras live. The poverty is not as severe as that in Guatemala and the transportation is much safer and slower. In La Ceiba we decided to fly to the Bay Islands ...

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