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We’ve landed in Tegucigalpa!  After a 2 ½ hour flight from Miami to Guatemala we got on a little 40 seater prop plane for the 1 hour connecting flight to Teguc.  Flying Taca with luggage is always an adventure so we were exited to be able to look out the window in Guatemala and account for all of our bags sitting on the luggage carts to be loaded on the plane.  Unfortunately being able to see the luggage carts also meant that we were able to see when the plane doors were closed with 10 out of our 12 bags still sitting on the tarmac.  At the very least it helped us be mentally prepared for not getting most of our bags when we landed in Teguc.  Here’s a photo of us with our luggage before leaving Miami (yes we have a lot of stuff).

Landing in Teguc is an adventure to say the least.  With so many hills and mountains surrounding Teguc there isn’t a direct approach and he landing pattern corkscrews in.  About 3 minutes before landing you look out the left window and see the airport down below and wonder “How’re we going to get down there?”  Then the wings tip over and you bank hard to the left dropping over a few hills you’re not quite sure the plane will get over.  As you drop the last few hundred feet I’ll admit it’s a bit disconcerting to look out the right windows and see houses on the hillside above the plane while out the left windows the ground is still far below.  All in all it’s a bit more Thunder Mountain than People Mover for those who have been to Disney World.  Erika swears she’ll never do it again, but I think it was actually kind of fun.  

So here we are in Tegucigalpa.  We have 2 out of our 12 checked bags.  We’re settled into our hotel and about to start house hunting.  We have e-mail access in our hotel room and have been able to use Skype quite successfully so track us down on Skype if you have it.  

The view of Tegucigalpa from our hotel balcony.