Valle de Angeles and Santa Lucia - Honduras

Driving in the mountains to Valle de Angeles! There were tons of these hut type things where they were selling fruits/veggies and cooking things to sell.
Finally got to Valle de Angeles! LOVED these little taxi cars! ha!!
Street view! LOVED this quaint little town! Lots of shopping! :)
Inside of a shop looking out into the street!
Can anyone say....traffic? More like CRAZY traffic! ha! No worries...you can walk down the middle of the street....the cars will dodge you. :)
This just floored me. They always drove down the streets with TONS of people in the back of their trucks...even the busiest of highways! *gasp* That would never fly here in the states....lol
Exploring a wood shop...he's painting the wood here.
Carving wood...
Making wooden boxes...
Walking from one shop to another...
The finished product in every possible size!
Another street view
Street vendor making pupoosa's! Ohhh so yummy!
Side walk cafe. :)

One of the oldest churches
They had Espresso Americano's everywhere in Honduras!
Loving this courtyard in the city centre! It was so family oriented here!
Loved this fountain!
Friends! Sarah, Venita, and I!
The restaurant we ate at.

Ms. Olga (Venita's friend from school), Venita, and Sarah
Me, V, and Sarah
Mmmmm Red refried beans, chips, and sausage. YUM!
Our food served on plastic wrap on a wooden plate. :) beef, rice, sausage, red refried beans, Honduran cheese.
Now THIS my friends....is a new way to wash your hands! YES, you get "clean" water out of a huge trash can...wash your hands (or in that pink bowl if you like) and then place the (pink) bowl back in the "clean" water. Never in my LIFE would I have ever dreamed of washing my hands this way. Thank God for hand sanitizer. What an experience. :)
City entrance/exit.
Driving back through the mountains....what a gorgeous view!
On the side of the mountain...
The big stoves that they cook in...this was on the side of the mountain.
Arriving in Santa Lucia! LOVED this quaint town!!!


LOVE this view!!
Love this pic of us gals!! Loving the view behind us!
Walking around in Santa Lucia
This just simply amazes me. LOL
So love this picture!
Simply breathtaking!

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

This is the beginning of our trip! We had gotten to Venita's house...and then left. This is on a street in her neighborhood.

Not too far from Venita's house.

Need some place to park? No problem! :)
Easter Weekend is considered to be the "holy weekend" there. We went downtown Tegucigalpa for the processional. And they have these carpets that is made out of sawdust. It was pretty amazing!
Love all the detail!










The next day, Saturday, we got up and went to the market because they said it would be open. Wrong. lol
Well, here is what was open....(sorry its blurry...we were driving.)
But Venita did get some beautiful flowers!
Driving back home!
First view of Venita's school!
Driving into the school
LOVED these trees!
This is in the school parking lot looking back towards V's house. Love the view of the mountains all around the city! Just wish it hadn't been so hazy out.
LOVED this gate!
Through the gate is this beautiful courtyard at the school!
This is on the road going back to V's house. They have no zoning laws here. You can have a house like this....
And go down the road...
And have houses like this. So sad.
This is someone's home. So sad how some people have to live. It makes you very thankful for what you have.

We saw a "walking tree" man, as we called him. That's one way to carry branches! :)

Here are 3 videos from the Easter Processional. (Don't forget to pause the sound at the end of the page.)