having navigated the border and washed out segment of the road to Copan, i get a lovely note from my Guatemalan phone provider - only $2 per minute for roaming in Honduras. i only pay about $15 per month in Guatemala for my phone so this is not a welcomed note.
it is just another 10 minutes to Copan. my first stop is the tea and chocolate place to meet up with the vanilla guy - David - that i was introduced to by the macadamian guy. i get a tour of the vanilla experiment he is running and i'm not disappointed. in fact, being a vanilla geek, i am shocked and amazed at the work he is doing. vanilla is only native to mesoamerica so i was excited to see it in that environment. instead of the hand pollination methods used elsewhere, he is cultivating the insects that naturally pollinate these flowers and getting very high yields. i totally geek out about this amazing work he is doing [not just on vanilla but on other levels as well] in awe and humbled by how we all have such different ways to contribute to making our world a better place.
the tea and chocolate shop they run by his family is only open for a few hours in the afternoon but it is charming and rated very highly on trip advisor for a good reason. the tea they give me is heavenly.
next we set off to find our accommodations.
the tea and chocolate shop they run by his family is only open for a few hours in the afternoon but it is charming and rated very highly on trip advisor for a good reason. the tea they give me is heavenly.
next we set off to find our accommodations.
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