Back in Denver

Sorry for the long gap between posts. We are back in Denver and plans are changing (as they have a tendency to do) as to how the rest of this trip is going to play out. But first:

While in Honduras, we spent a fair amount of time in San Pedro Sula, and I think the following photo sums up San Pedro pretty well:

San Pedro was great for getting work done with the Water for People folks, but left much to be desired outside of work. Its a city that has alot of crime, razor wire, and people with guns. We stayed safe by not going out at night, and limiting how much we walked around during the day. The Water for People folks were fantastic about providing transportation and recommendations on places to go and avoid. All in all, we were safe while we were there, but pretty limited in terms of freedom. The people who live there deal with it every day of their lives…

Of course, on the weekends, we got out into the countryside as much as possible, and had a chance to see some beautiful places in Honduras. The last weekend before we left, we visited the Mayan ruins at Copan. The ruins were amazing and very interesting. The town of Copan itself was a nice change of pace from San Pedro with its peaceful feel and cobblestone streets.

 

After visiting the ruins we toured around the surrounding hills in the bed of a truck on the world’s worst eco-tour. Up until that point, we had been pretty good about picking where to go and hiring guides. This time, however, we paid $60 to ride around on dirt roads in the bed of a truck, sitting on a couch cushion:

Which was fun at first, but after hour 3 or 4 it began to lose its luster. Not all was lost, as we at least got to see some cool stuff, like coffee plantations:

And we tried some ripe coffee beans pre-harvest (very sweet and delicious with a faint taste of coffee):

We ended the day sitting in a natural hot spring:

On Wednesday of last week, we headed back to Denver. The original plan was that we’d head to Indonesia on Friday. But plans changed. 

We were offered a 6 month position in Muscat,Oman by our company near the end of our trip in Honduras. The first thing we did, of course, was google it. After the googling, we spoke to our families, people from work, and other people who have lived and worked in Oman. We ultimately decided to accept the opportunity, and thus we are back in Denver. We will be leaving sometime in the next few weeks to a month. In the meantime, we’ve postponed the trip to Indonesia in order to take care of things with the house and do the stuff required to get ready to move half-way around the world. Since we see this as an extension of the adventure, we’re going to continue posting pictures and stories of our adventures in a country that we hadn’t even heard of until a few months ago.

In the meantime, we’re making the best of our situation with trips around Colorado and the US to visit family, see the sights, and whatnot.

Thats it for now!