Day 28 - Ojo de Agua

Sunday 7th February Day 28 by Rig 11 (Lindsay)
“HILLS AND ROADWORKS”

The road led to ‘Teg’. (How does one pronounce “Tegucigalpa?”) and
nearly to Danli - 130 miles, which took about 6 hours. There were
improvement works more or less in progress most of the way to “Teg”,
though the road was good by Central American standards; and except
for a holdup of about half an hour, delays were few. During this
holdup, we were accosted by swarms of locals who convinced we would
want their wares. One lady at the head of the jam was busy at an
outdoor oven!

Elsewhere, there were the usual congregations of stall holders, each
competing with the rest in their particular line. Today, the lines
included honey, papaya, brown beans, bags of unknown cooked goodies,
oranges, watermelons and bags of what might be lime for limewash.

Rita and I chose to lunch at Pizza Hut, after confirming there was a
sign showing the credit cards that would be accepted. (Our supply
of Lempira was low.) The bill came but, surprise, surprise, they
could not accept my card. Dollars were accepted. Then, as part
of my education, we drove over the road to Baskin Robbins.

Yesterday, the highpoint (of the road) was 2222’. This morning, the
road reached 3725’, while in the afternoon, we climbed to 4950’, and
later, 4990’. Rita admired the pine trees gracing the higher ground.

Overnight, saw the units shoe-horned into a relatively limited space
behind an Esso station.