Early tomorrow
morning I fly to the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, from where I will depart on the
first LALA buying trip. I feel very
excited and (more than) a little bit nervous.
I am thinking with anticipation about the fabulous places I love so much
to visit and the beautiful things I will see there. I am worried about what could possibly go
wrong, particularly my first attempts at managing Central American shipping
logistics and customs. It helps that I
know well the route – I am returning to familiar places and in some will even
have friends to meet me. I feel well
prepared by the product knowledge I have collected on my earlier “research”
trips but suddenly feel sure I should be carrying a more detailed, less intuitive
plan for what I will buy and how much. I
will try not to let these anxious thoughts dominate my experience. I will trust my gut and learn as I go – taking
a lesson from each of my (no doubt plentiful) mistakes.
Except for
the flight from Roatan to Tegucigalpa (or Teguz as “we” locals call it ;-) I
will be travelling by bus. My itinerary will
take me from the Caribbean Sea to mountain plateaus above 7,000 feet, crossing
both jungle and desert in between. I estimate it will take 10-14 days but I'm not ruling out unscheduled deteurs if something interesting comes up! It’s
going to be an amazing trip. I promise
to post pictures and stories along the way.
Next stop Teguz. Bye!
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