Day 25 – San Pedro Sula
Guided Bus Tour of San Pedro Sula with the guide Jorge
We took the bus at 8 h. En route the guide explained the situation of Honduras and the principals sources for the economy : Plantation of bananas and sugar cane.
We visited a plantation of bananas of the company Dole - It was very interesting to see how it was done. They bring the bananas from the field to the processing plan attached to a rail, then they clean them very carefully by first getting off the bag that was to preserve them from the insects and keeping the warm during the night. They separate in bunch so they can fit in the boxes for exportation, go in another tub, then they put a chemical product where they cut, to keep them fresh during transport, then they weighed them and put in a box for shipping. We saw in the field the way they plant and how it is growing. It takes 9 months. First the plant make a flower and each 24 hours there’s a leaf who fall down and as it goes we see the little bananas that will grow.
After we went to a wood carving factory, we saw the artisans carving and painting the wood. At the boutique there was the result of their work, so many beautiful items .
We had a delicious lunch buffet at a restaurant in San Pedro
We visited a market with so many things and foods that we did not know where to look.
After we went shopping at a grocery store and then back to the camping site.
Again a very interesting day.
Pauline and Rene Rig 8
Day 26 Thuesday February 25th 2010
San Pedro Sula
Free day Free diary!!!
Thirteen of our group went to Tela beach. We departed the hotel Copantl at 11 am. good The travel time was an hour and half to get to Telamar Hotel.The temperature at the Caribbean sea was very sonny and hot. We had to give 15.00$ for a bracelet non refundable, we could spend the amount for lunch that we had on a beach palapa . The food was good. Since we arrived late, there was no chair and no canopy for us.
Alain met a nurse that he had work with in Sherbrooke. We used her canopy and stayed with them for the afternoon. It is a small world!!!!
We arrived at the hotel at 6.45 pm
During the day a truck delivered propane. Our laundry was back.
The rest of the group that stayed behind in San Pedro went shopping and some relaxed at the campng site.
Pauline et Alain Rig # 9
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