Trujillo- Puerto Castilla

Hi from the warm, sunny (mosquito ridden) North Coast of Honduras. We are now in Trujillo, or more correctly near Trujillo and the Puerto Castilla- a major port for the fruit export industry and where the Caribbean Mercy (Ship) is currently berthed.
We spent a couple of very relaxing days in Copan Ruinas, sleeping in, swinging in hammocks... and it would have been very nice just to stay there but we have work to do. We had a bit of a nightmare journey to San Pedro Sula (SPS)- the Spanish word "directo" does not seem to mean "direct" when it comes to Honduran buses! We stayed overnight in SPS in an expensive, windowless box of a hotel room before catching another "directo" on Monday to Trujillo. This area is quite remote- we are at the end of the road' the next step is "La Mosquitia"' the jungle.
We are now staying at Casa Kiwi, a hotel/ backpackers right on the beach between the towns of Trujillo and Puerto Castilla. It is owned and run by a kiwi woman, and features All Black memorabilia over the bar, kiwi burgers on the menu, and a long stretch of white sand beach. And hammocks of course. It is hot and sticky but there´s the beautiful Caribbean to swim in and a nice light breeze across the hammocks where I lie to write my research notes. Such a hard life really!
Yesterday (Wednesday) we went to the ship for the first time... it's is over three years since we so we were unsure what we would find there. And it was different. Much tighter security (it took us half an hour just to get on board), and only a handful of people we know. Once on board things are much the same although it feels much smaller. We will be spending some time tomorrow (Friday) and Monday with the ship clinics and will hopefully get a better feel both for the ship now and the process of doing research.
Below are photos from Copan (uploaded over two days because of the dodgy internet connections around here. We will add some of Casa Kiwi and the ship soon.