An interesting stopover

The Iglesia Dolorosa, right next to our hotel after we got in. Our taxi driver took us to the wrong part of town, but it actually turned out ok.
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So as most people know, Honduras is in the middle of a political issue.  The elected president, Mel Zelaya, got thrown out of the country for trying to change the constitution.  The Judiciary, the Legislature, the Army, and most of the People apparently support the move.  But for some reason the army came early in the morning and deported the president in his pajamas to Costa Rica.  The rest of the world, therefore, is demanding that Zelaya be reinstated.  Madness ensues.

The pedestrian mall in downtown.
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Pete and I got to Honduras after taking a bus from Nicaragua with relatively little fuss.  Unfortunately, because of a curfew enforced nationally we couldn't continue on out of Tegucigalpa that night.  So we stayed in the capital of a country embroiled in political chaos.

They all wanted us to hear their side.

Or so you might think.  But wandering around the streets of the capital city would never show it to you.  Other than a curfew that was taking place around 9 o´clock.  There were a few extra police on the street, and absolutely no tourists, but other than that everything seemed normal.  But everyone that we talked to had a strong opinion.  Our taxi drivers loved mel.  Some of the wealthier people hated him.  We even had a guy pull up to our taxi and start explaining to us why it wasn't a coup.  They all wanted us to hear their side.

One of their plaza's.
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Tegu (as the locals call it) was actually a fairly interesting downtown.  It's got some cool buildings, a nice pedestrian mall, and it's not that expensive.  But all in all it was a good place to be for a night, and I'm glad we got stuck there.  And it certainly seems that, no matter what the papers say, life goes on mainly as normal in Honduras.  The airport was shut for a couple days, but its open now and the curfew has been lifted (as of today, the 12th).  And with the madness happening, we were the only tourists anywhere we went.  Good times.

I don't even know what this building is, but it was pretty.
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Next stop: Lago Yojoa in North/central Honduras.