Adventures of Traveling to Guanaja Honduras!

Guanaja is our destination, but not this afternoon. For the time being we want to take the air conditioned bus to La Ceiba, a rather large city, on the coast of Honduras and spend a couple of days doing some business and looking around the area.

The bus leaves at 6:00pm so we were at the terminal early, bought our tickets and then checked our luggage. No problemo .... when we wanted to board the bus they checked our hand luggage and that is when Houdini popped up! I honestly did not think there would be a problem taking him on the bus in his carrier .... after all, he has traveled around the world in that carrier, quiet as a mouse, but the officials said NOOOOOO!!!!!!


OK, time to go to plan "B" ... whatever that was! We found a taxi to take us to La Ceiba for only $20 more than the bus....what a deal! Our private car, cold cervesas and no stops to make! Houdini enjoyed the ride along with his companion Miss Tiger Lady!

We took a lot of pictures along the way, but I must mention, it is not the best idea to photograph the policio while going through their occasional road stops. My husband had the camera on the dash and was clicking away when one of the local police told him NO and shook his finger at him. Well, at least I didn't have to bail him out!

We arrived 3 hours later at our hotel, the La Quinta downtown, and checked in. A quick Rum on ice and then we were off to the hotel restaurant for a quick dinner. They have a nice restaurant and the staff is always very accommodating. Surf and turf for Big AL and I went for the club sandwich, YUM! Houdini ate left overs back in the room.

The rooms at the La Quinta are very clean, air conditioned, comfortable and also offer TV with many English speaking channels.....life is good!



Honduras is such a fascinating country. It is definitely a third world country when you travel the countryside, but the cities are an interesting mix. You can see the horse drawn carts waiting at stop lights while the bustle of city traffic passes them by!

There is a lot of good to be said about all of this. While there is crime and security guards protect the business establishments, there is also a lot of innocence and goodness about the people.

We will soon be in Guanaja, but for now, let's enjoy La Ceiba!