slight change of plans...

Well, I find myself at an internet cafe in comayagua...change of plans from how I started my day. I was intending to travel to the north coast to work in Lancetilla, the national botanical gardens, but about 30 minutes into my journey, we were forced to turn around due to a strike by the workers union, which had taken over the main highway traversing honduras between tegucigalpa and san pedro sula. This morning, I had seen on the news that the workers union had taken over parts of the highway surrounding the capital, but before beginning my travel, I failed to check with our head of security to see if it was affecting the rest of the country. When my ride approached Comayagua, we encountered hundreds of people in the highways forcing closure of the city entrance, but since I was already there, I decided to take advantage of the faster internet, espresson americano coffee shop (latin america´s version of starbucks) and run some other errands. Not sure how tricky it will be getting back home this afternoon. I will try to make my way up to the north coast tomorrow once the commosion clears.