Up at 7 because we are old and don't sleep in anymore. It's nice taking our time for a change and not rushing to catch the next bus. We mosied our way to breakfast- I got some banana pancakes (now I can't get Jack Johnson out of my head) and Andy got the breakfast typico. Where are those banana shakes when you need them? We stood in line for 20-30 min at the bank to withdrawl cash to pay for the scuba and hostel. Funny how you get different prices depending who you ask. The Spanish hottie said the room was free w/ our dives but of course he was gone when we went to pay. No worries, we can handle the $7/pp for each night. It's been pouring rain all day. Apparently it's been raining a lot before we got there and the forecast looks like it's going to rain everyday. We were so lucky to have two beautiful clear days. We lucked out!
We took another look at the crazy tree bar in the daylight w/ Lizzi and her nephew while Matt was diving (they are letting us stay at their place tonight). It's pretty amazing. What was even more amazing were the huge Banana Spiders in the trees. They were huge and everywhere. Makes you wonder what you touch when you walked by in the dark. After another club sandwich for lunch, some bomb strawberry cheesecake ice cream, and we headed for the 2pm ferry to La Ceiba. We bought our tickets a couple hours ago but they want us to "check them" at the ticket booth again. Only 7 min left and they were taking their sweet Honduran time. They have no sense of urgency and we really didn't want to miss this bus. It's a relief when you are w/ someone who speaks Spanish fluently to understand the insanity of having to check a ticket. All they freakin did was type our name and passport number into their system. Why didn't they do this when we bought the ticket? Someone needs to six sigma their ass. We got on the ferry in time.
Back in La Ceiba at Matt and Lizzi's house. It's a nice house they are renting- they are getting married and moving to CA in Jan. Matt is from Chicago and Lizzi and a cute little Honduran who speaks English very well. Too bad her nephew doesn't because he is bored w/ us around. We chill for a bit, Matt washes our clothes, and we jump on his powerful wifi. Finally we head out for a walk. We walk through bustling downtown La Ceiba to a park that Dole built. We move on to the ocean front. It's too bad there's not more tourist industry here because it could do really well if people weren't so scared to travel here. We drink some Pina Coladas by the ocean, we are the only ones there. We move on to dinner at Kabasa and Andy and I share a seafood soup. It's delicious crab, lobster, shrimp, all in a coconut drink for just $20. By now we are really sick with a cold. Andy's lungs hurt and my head is so congested it wants to explode.
Matt and Lizzi did so much for us we are so grateful. Matt's going to visit and we're going to dive in Monterey. It's great to see how strangers can be hospitable and we can't wait to be so in return to others. Another cool thing, Andy posted the Whale Shark we saw on a tracking site and we'll find out tomorrow if it's a new whale or one that's already in their database. Hopefully they will be able to see the dots on it's shoulder from Andy's pics (it's like a finger print). Thanks Ian for the cool info.
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