Back to the 21st Century...

Talor: It took three flights to get us back to La Ceiba... after waiting an hour, got into a 6-seater and felt lucky we were the only passengers. Turns out we were headed to Brus Laguna, another village, where we would pick up more... 4 more, in fact. So there were 7 people in a 6-seater, and it was no longer very comfortable. But at least we got an aerial tour, and it was really beautiful and so vast. Then we landed at Puerto Lempira, the largest of the towns with an airport with counters... ha, who woulda figured. This was all very strange to us because nobody explained that we would be switching planes. Anyway, about an hour later, boarded a larger Atlantic Airlines plane and an hour later, we landed in La Ceiba.

Disembarked and walked to the terminal, and WOW! The air-conditioning felt like heaven! Immediately ran to the coffee shop and got a frozen coffee... life was good again. It was good to be on familiar ground again... back in a world where we know how it works even if it`s not as pretty. We could go where we want and eat what and when we want without being completely dependent on others.

Decided to go back to the Banana Republic Guesthouse. Even though we weren´t crazy about it the first time around, at least we were familiar with it, and though it would not be considered luxurious by most, it would feel that way after 8 days in the Moskitia. Besides, we were too mentally and physically exhausted to even consider walking around looking for another hotel... we needed to take the guesswork out of everything for the time being.

Now we are chilling out for a couple days before hitting the road again, heading south towards Nicaragua. In the meantime, we`re enjoying modern conveniences such as a cold beer, light after dark, occasional air-conditioning and the internet...