Who Knew? There Was A Coup!

Rita and I went to Copan, Honduras this weekend. While there we saw, the Mayan Ruins but I didn't get a pic for the blog. I wasn't feeling well and almost fainted twice so blog pics were not at the top of my priority list.

Later, I was feeling better so we had drinks on the balcony of a bar.




Don't worry we didn't drink that much. I posed for the pic to send to Tim since he was having a pool party at our house without me. The only "rule" when I left was, the house had to be clean if anyone came over. Husbands don't care about this as much as wives.

Then we had a three course dinner and drinks for $8! I forgot to take a pic of the entrée but here is the drink, soup and dessert:














Isn't this place fun?








Then we went back to the hotel and sat on the balcony with a bottle wine. It was such a crazy night, we were home by 7:00 and asleep by 9:30!

Funny thing is we didn't change enough money to Limperas so at the end of the night we literally had less than a dollar left in Honduran money. No problem, breakfast was free the next day (fruit and bread or eggs Benedict, or eggs, beans, cheese, and plantains) and we only needed to buy snacks for the trip home. I would pull out some money in the morning.

Yeah, not so much. Who knew there was a coup? Not us! I tried to get money out of the ATM and I was told there was a problem at my bank. Okay, I'll just use dollars then. (I use local currency but carry American cash for emergencies) At the store I notice there are no lights and I hear them talking about the Honduran president but it still doesn't register. Back at the hotel, we have no electricity and the maid tells us it is because of the "government."

Seriously, not until we are on the shuttle back to Guatemala do we understand there was a military coup. Craziness!

What is true and what isn't, we will never know, but I assume this is why I couldn't get any money. Back in Antigua I had no problem and never had to contact the bank. We were told the electricity was out so no one could watch the news and then know what was happening to both prevent riots and panic. Who knows?

We saw tons of military transport on the way back to Antigua and it was three hours into Guatemala before we saw electricity again. Rita had already decided on plan B and was getting the next plane out of here if there was no electricity in Antigua. I was staying. I just needed a flashlight.

Upon arriving back home, Rita was able to text with her husband. Good thing because he was worried. Mine on the other hand, not so much worried. He was more concerned with our friends emailing me to say the house was clean when they arrived for the pool party.*

Silvia told us she heard about the coup but realized we were fare away from the Honduran capital and would be home soon. So she wasn't worried either.

I still loved Honduras and am actually considering going there to study next summer.

Look at these pics of our hotel, beautiful:








Basically we had mo idea when we left that we were "fleeing" a military coup and ignorance is bliss.

*Tim did ask me to email him as soon as I got back to Guatemala and then he wanted to Skype to fond out the details so he was a little worried. However he was more jealous that I one-upped him in travel. he has never been to a country during political unrest. Plus, I did receive emails stating the house was VERY clean.

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