The morning involved final goodbyes to everyone and catching the 2:30pm bus, which didn't leave until 3:30pm (apparently typical for Hedmanalas). My luggage ended up on the wrong bus, but arrived a half an hour after me. I was able to have a nice hour long conversation with a lady on my bus in Spanish. =)
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| Eduardo y Yo |
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| Maya Selva y Yo |
I stayed in a lovely hotel arranged for my by Kathy of Ixbalanque. The owner picked me up from the bus station, and dropped me off at the airport at around 5am. I must admit that I didn't plan my money situation very well. I had 35 Limps left for dinner which got me a couple tortilla wraps and a natural fruit juice (even though I was one Limp short). Then after paying for my hotel in USD, I had $36 USD left in my wallet. Turns out the tax to leave the country was $38. Luckily for me I had made friends with a young dentist from the U.S. who loaned me the two bucks to leave the country.
During my flight to Miami I had a man from North Carolina educate me on everything he is personally doing to fix Honduras. He was full of absolute answers, and I didn't feel like debating this man, so I nodded along and "agreed."
Miami was packed so it took forever to get through all the check points. I had a brief chat with a man from Honduras, and a longer talk with a nice lady from Nicaragua. Good practise! The flight was packed from Miami to Detroit, and it looked like I was going to have one of the only empty seats beside me. That was until two brothers and a sister came running on the plane sweating from running through the airport. One of the brothers proceeded to crush his sisters foot with his luggage making the entrance that much more embarrassing. These siblings were clearly sick of each other. Kristy sat beside me and we manged to talk for three hours straight (even some really bad Spanish for awhile). Before I knew it I was greeted by my lovely parents at the baggage arrival in Detroit.
A few things I was reminded of back in North America:
1) We are filthy rich
2) We are obsessed with technology
3) Why do people think it is cool to wear sunglasses inside?
4) My dinner cost $1.75 in San Pedro, and my lunch in Miami was $9.
5) Who ever thought we need to wrap our luggage in excessive amounts of plastic? See picture below.
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| Really? It costs $15 - $40 to "protect your bag." This is what we consider "innovation." |
In conclusion, I am happy to be home. I love this view
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