September 20, 2006
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Mule
I am four days away from the faith based step in my adventure in making a difference in Honduras. Along with the trip to La Ceiba for the conference on doing business and buying real estate in Honduras I will be going to a small sewing co-op. Here is a link to the site where the co-op sells their wares http://www.juanpablosegundo.org/
I will be renting a vehicle while in the country and I received directions to the co-op which included the instructions that after maneuvering through the mountains, I drive so many meters after one of the turns and I look for a concrete barrier on the left hand side of the road. I am to stop at the barrier and honk my horn for the folks on the other side of the river to come across the river on the zip line in a basket to show me where to park my vehicle and proceed across the zip line to visit the co-op.
Since I speak no Spanish, this is going to be a real adventure. The coolest thing about this particular stop is that it is on the road to the town that I have identified as a prime candidate for the retirement community that I will be building down there. I will be going on to the village to visit a peace corps volunteer that has lived there for over a year.
I will post pictures of the adventure when I return to the states.
Comments (3)
I have seen a report on those zip lines as transportation. Sounds like an exciting adventure!!! Too bad I can not go with you, I will be with you in prayer. David this is so grand, so God, so cool. I am overly excited for you and the people of Honduras. Just a funny,,, could you see grandma linda on a zip line!! No, I know the retirees will not be doing this, but I bet you meet some elderly people that do it every day. We are so spoiled.
Love to ya
RYC: Have a safe trip, darling man. I’ll send prayers with you. Thank you also for the update on John. I have never had to struggle with those problems so I cannot imagine how difficult a path he has.
You are a much braver soul than I am…a basket on a zip line? No way! I have no head for heights and a horrible fear of falling. God be with you, my friend.
HUGS!!!
Once again my techno-savvy fails me and I can´t figure out how to follow the instructions you left on my blog. So it seems easiest to just leave a message here. Since you don´t speak any Spanish, I´ll give you directions to my apartment so you don´t have to be trying to ask when you come into town (really no one in town speaks English):
You´ll come toward Olanchito from La Ceiba on a paved highway. You´ll see a few Olanchito signs before getting to a main intersection with a Texaco on the left (and maybe a flagpole in a median in the turnoff to the right? I can´t exactly picture it at this moment). Take that turn to the right and you´ll be heading into Olanchito proper. You´ll know you missed it if you end up on a dirt road – the highway lacks pavement starting about a mile out of town.
After turning right at the Texaco, you´ll drive about a minute down the main north-south highway into the city (heading north at this point, toward a prominent peak called Pacura to the northeast of town). You´ll pass various businesses, and a Mormon church on the left, and a block later you´ll see a sign for an outdoor bar called “River Blue” on the right. Turn left just before passing the “River Blue” sign. Drive one paved block, and then one unpaved block, and turn right (slightly uphill and north again) at the second. road you cross. I live half a block uphill in the 2-story apartment complex on the right. There are two black wrought iron entrance gates, the first is always locked but you can pull right into the second one. If it´s closed, just get out and open it for your car (it won´t be locked and anyone can park inside). I live on the first floor of the 2-story row of apartments on the right as you pull into the parking area, behind the fourth door (apartment furthest) from the street. I will be expecting you on Sunday late afternoon/early evening unless you leave me a message on my blog saying otherwise. If I am not able to wait for you for some reason, I will leave a note on my front door behind my screen door telling you where to find me. I am happy to help you find a hotel if you plan to stay the night, and we can get some eats to replenish you from the zipline adventure.
Have a safe trip down and I look forward to meeting you!
Suzanne in Honduras