Traveling to Choluteca

 Choluteca, Honduras. After a day of travel this was our final destination. This trip was my third. The airport in the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, is considered one of the top ten most dangerous places to land. The pilot has to fly through a valley and then land on a short strip. Not long after our return, a plane skidded off the runway killing a handful of people. Granted the weather was awful, but the place is not ideal to land. But I love landing there anyway. It’s a beautiful flight into the capital. From there it is 3—4 hour drive to Choluteca. It is a harrowing drive the first time you do it. Think two lane roads in the mountains, but instead of people patiently following each through the mountains everyone goes around each other. So just imagine a long, yellow school bus (which we were in) high tailing it around a semi on the side of a mountain. It can be a little scary seeing the oncoming vehicles as the bus driver pulls off this tricky maneuver. I do have to say that the drivers the church hires are fantastic at what they do.