Saturday - Downtown Tegucigalpa, and home

I got up early and found some amazing flowers growing in the Hotel Maya's garden, which was the area around the swimming pools.

There's a statue of Christ on the hilltop behind the hotel.  The statue appears to be about four stories tall.  It's lighted at night, and competes with a huge Coca-Cola sign, also lighted.

We walked down the (steep) hill from the hotel to the main square in the city, to see the cathedral.

Everyone was busy with photography.

Matt and Harold

A street scene on the way from the cathedral square to the market square.

The market is right next to a square fronted by another large church.

The church and its square are very beautiful.  There's a superabundance of pigeons.

The market is very compact, with dozens of shops connected by narrow passages.  Every kind of apparel one could want, but not much else.  It was certainly colorful.

Melissa and Pat looking over a purchase.

We don't know why this man was carrying a life-size papier-mâché mannequin, or perhaps a piñata.  In any case, it's unfinished.

Back at the hotel, I put the camera away and officially retired as mission trip photographer.  Travel home was long, but without incident.


A great mission trip.