Tela

Last weekend our class took a trip to the beach town of Tela, on the North Coast of Honduras. It was Robin's first trip to a Caribbean beach...Loren had been once before, and was returning in hopes of meeting Johnny or Orlando (who, sadly, were nowhere to be found).

We left San Pedro Sula on Friday afternoon and had an interesting bus ride. We went to the airport on the way out of town, which actually turns out to be nowhere near the way out of town and added an extra 45 minutes to the trip. It's ok though, because the bus had a lovely bathroomcoveredupwithairfreshener aroma. Ahhhh. Also, there were 6 employees on the bus, and we were the only 4 passengers. It was pretty funny.

We got to our hotel and headed to our rooms, only to be told that we only had 2 double beds in total. As there were 3 women staying in the same room, this was problematic. So, we waited for the manager. Turns out he'd actually put a single bed in our room as well, which we thought was just fine...until Robin and Loren saw the "double" bed they were to sleep in...let's just say, we are now even closer than ever.

Friday evening we went into town, took a look at the beach and had some yummy pizza. We came back to the hotel for some chocolate cake and drinks, and then headed to bed.

Saturday was beach day! Literally...we got to the beach around 10am and stayed until 5pm. It was great...very relaxing. We rented chairs and umbrellas (for about $2 per person for the whole day, awesome) and just laid around, rested, read and played in the water. The water was so very warm and clear. We like the Caribbean...well, at least the part where we were sitting. Robin and Hunter walked a ways and saw lots of trash, and a dead dog...we learned that it's good to choose beach spots carefully.

Saturday evening we had a really nice dinner at the hotel (compliments of Brian...hooray Brian again!) Loren and Brian had lobster and Robin and Hunter had shrimp. It was all very good, especially when paired with pina coladas, margaritas and Coronas.

Sunday Robin, Loren and Brian walked to the Episcopal Church in Tela for the 8:30am service (but the sign said 8, so we were there a half an hour early). The service was very nice and we enjoyed the sermon...the preacher was very energetic and we actually got the gist of the message (listen to Jesus...the end). We spent the rest of the day packing, hanging out at a beachside restaurant for lunch, and waiting for our bus. The ride home was nice and uneventful, and we got to spread out as there were a whopping 8 people on this ride.

We'll update more tomorrow! We're looking forward to being home soon!

Our spot on the beach

View of the sunset from our hotel

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