So much to do, so little time. I didn’t make it to Roatan. No prob, the girls had fun at the beach and at the Aquapark. Yeltsi’s birthday is next month, she turns 13 and graduates into colegio. After a night in Tela, Sunday I leave for home.

I had to post another couple of pics of KI’BOK where I had lunch today. Their seafood is sooo good and the ambience so pleasant. Friday I’m taking the girls to the beach. Sunday I leave for home.

KI’BOK is an out-of-the-way treasure where I go have breakfast and excellent coffee in La Ceiba. It is located one block from the house my friend Dr. D has lent me for my two-week stay. KI’BOK is Mayan for aroma. The small, cozy café has good rich coffee, the food is fresh and tasty and most important it is air-conditioned and equipped with an eclectic library. There are books in many languages, surprisingly most in English. Its rule of thumb: bring a book, take a book. There is consequently a constant exchange of reading material. Everything imaginable is found in its stacks, none of the material cataloged. It’s a search and you will be surprised kind of quest. Sunday I travel to La Masica near La Ceiba to visit Yeltsi and plan for her 6th grade graduation the end of November.

This parade will last until one or two pm. It started at 7:30 and I left after four hours when it was still going strong. They don’t do Independence Day fireworks in Honduras: they do parades with all the kids whose parents can afford it participating. The parades started Friday and will continue for 4 days until Monday. Different grade levels march each day; preschool, elementary, secondary, vocational. That is why I postponed my trip to La Ceiba. The entire country: hamlets; aldeas; municipalities; cities; and its roads and highways will be inundated with parades that last hours and block traffic. Tuesday I leave for La Ceiba … parade-free.

This may be one of a pair watching over a nest outside my window. There’s also an iguana lurking in those same trees who would like nothing better than to sample a bit of colorful fare. Nuff ’bout that. Sunday I leave for La Ceiba on the North Coast. Yeltsi, the young lady I help with her school expenses, is graduating 6th grade in November. That will end her escuela studies: Primary school. She graduates into colegio: Secondary school, where she will study for five years and receive her Bachillerato diploma: High School. Yeltsi has always earned good grades since kindergarten above the 90th percentile. My goal is to motivate her to attend university. While in La Ceiba I also plan to visit Roatan Island for a few days. I am familiar with Cayos Cochinos and Utila of the Bay Islands. But I have never been to Roatan. It will be a treat to spend a few days on one of Honduras’s world-famous Caribbean treasures.