Greetings from the beach in Tela!
Monday morning we worked for the last time on the water project--we got to lay quite a bit of pipe, so that was neat. Monday evening they had a goodbye ceremony/fiesta for us. We received more hugs than we had gotten the first night (which is no small amount). Then we had a special dinner where we kind of felt like we were at the head table at a wedding (and it reminded us again why it was we didn´t have a head table at our wedding).
AFter a night of very little sleep due to late night talking and worrying about Frasier (the friendly bat we shared a room with), we pulled out of Guanabitas on a school bus at 6:30. There were lots and lots of tears and hugs as we left. The first 1/2 hour of the ride was quiet as we all dried our eyes. We then said goodbye to Santos, our wonderful and fearless translator, about an hour later. The rest of the day was spent on a very bumpy road through the mountains, with a few stops to pee in the woods. We had lunch at La Ceiba and met up with the other team. It was different than most of us had been expecting--the teams had each become so close that to mix with each other seemed strange. Then it was onto Tela. We went for a swim in the ocean last night, had a great dinner, and then a wonderful sleep on a real bed, took a real shower, used a flush toliet--we are living in the lap of luxury! Today we took a boat to a national park where we hiked through a rain forest, went snorkelling, and had a wonderful lunch of fresh fish (so fresh that they were still swimming in the ocean when we were on our hike). This afternoon has been relaxing as well as figuring out what we are going to do next.
The rest of the group (other than a handful who are also staying later) heads back to Tegucigalpa tomorrow and flies home on Friday. We are going to say goodbye to them and then take a bus to Ceiba, where we´ll get on a ferry for Roatan. We´ll stay on the island for 3 nights--hopefully in a cool hotel. Then we´ll head back to Tegucigalpa, where we´re going to head up to La Tigra, a national park that´s a cloud forest. There´s a little B and B that we´ll stay at for one night and do some hiking. Then to Tegucigalpa for the night before we fly out (on the 31st).
Today on our hike we saw monkies (though we were hoping for a closer view--in fact, Jon was hoping they would be hostile and throw things at us), lots of crabs and spiders, and a tucan. They have boa constrictors, but we didn´t see any.
That´s the news from here.
Mom Fraley--Julianne is SO excited about June 1--you´re awesome!
Jules and Jon
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