Tegucigalpa

We arrived here in Teguc last night after a completely MISERABLE day. 

It all started off well and good.  Marco and I got up and got ready, then we got the kids up and got them ready...

We went over to Abuelas.... Abuela and Ana were ready...

We waited for the taxi...

We got in the taxi and headed to Santa Rosa...

Maria threw up twice in the taxi on the way to Santa Rosa....

We got to the bus depot at 7.  The 7:30 bus to Teguc was full, so we got tickets for the 8:30.

We got some breakfast while we waited, changed some diapers, ran in cirlces...

Loaded the bus, which is an experience all in itself.  I'm glad that we had Abuela and Ana with us or things could have been.... different.  The bus had people on it who arrived from a different location up near the border of Guatemala.  Which was all well and good, but I didn't know that it was... oversold... thank goodness for Ana and Abuela or else we would have been standing!!  ICK, especially with a toddler and a baby. 

Now things up until this point have been pretty good.... 

We get started going down the road....

Make it about 30-45 minutes down the road and we stop.

The bus is broken.

They don't know how long it will take to fix, but they are working on it...

30 minutes pass.

1 hour passes.

1 1/2 hour passes...

Another bus comes... if we want to go on it, standing room only, we're free to, but they're only going to San Pedro Sula.  

We wait some more... and more ... 

Another bus comes, again standing room only.

We wait some more.... and more....

A third bus comes, we decide to try it out.  We get on the bus, it's packed, kind of like the busses that go from Lepaera to Santa Rosa.  We keep going further and further back, someone offered me their seat (bless them).  Both kids are super cranky, tired and hungry, and crying.... a lot.  

Marco then proceeds to tell me to get off the bus, which is a much better idea than staying on this bus for 2 1/2 more hours... so we squeeze between people all the way to the front and off the bus.  

Maria is now having a major meltdown.  

They've decided that we'll wait for a bus that's going back, we'll get our money back, and go home.

We wait, and wait, and wait some more.

Then miraculously our bus is fixed.

There are only 12 people that did not catch one of the other busses.

Even Cooper got a seat this time around.

The bus trip was much better after that.

We bought some platano chips, bread, and sodas from the people that enter/exit the bus in the small towns.

We made a short stop in San Pedro Sula and continued on.

We didn't get into Teguc until 8:30.  What was supposed to be an 8 or 9 hour trip turned out to be 12 hours.... 14 hours from the time we left home.  Not exactly fun.  I'm not looking forward to returning.

It's good to be here.... Ana goes to school here, she started up again today.

Karla also lives, works, & goes to school here. 

(Karla is Luis Gustavo's Mom)

Maria has been super excited to see Luis Gustavo again.

We'll be here for a few days...

We have to take care of some immigration drama.

Which I'll let you all know about later.

I'll get some pictures soon too.