Teaching in Honduras!: Vacation w/ Efe: Beach, Mayan Ruins and lots of Bus Time!

A little less than a month ago, Efe and I were able to take a big trip across Honduras. After the last post, I had another day of school and then we headed off to the beach, La Ceiba. We stayed at a really nice resort, that really rich hondurans and rich people from el salvador go to. It was all inclusive and we both ate much more than we needed to! Also, we were able to take a boat one day to these small islands, cayos cochinos. They were absolutely beautiful. The water had such a clear blue color, I couldn't believe my eyes!

After La Ceiba we took a six or seven hour bus trip to Copan, where there are Mayan Ruins. These are the only ruins in Honduras and are VERY close to the border of Guatemala. Here we saw the ruins which were amazing. I have only been to the Aztec pyramid of the sun and the moon in Mexico City, which the Copan Ruins were very different. This is not a very popular tourist attraction in comparison which means I was able to climb on every part of the ruins and explore all of it. It's so fun trying to imagine what life was like when these pyramids were made...

After the ruins we went to the hot springs to relax, because this day was Efe's Birthday! These hot springs were fantastic, the water comes out of the Guatemala mountain at 90 degrees Celcuis, which is almost boiling! There were lots of different natural pools to sit in different temperatures of water. The air temperature was cool so relaxing in hot water was really great.

I can't do the trip justice explaining it like this, the pictures say a lot more!

Snorkeling at Cayos Cochinos - with the new underwater camera!