This morning the GOLD team had to separate, with Nic and Emma staying on for another week of scuba, snorkelling and relaxation in the Bay Islands, and Carrie, Hannah and Nicola returning back to the UK. It was almost as sad as saying goodbye to the Guias to Honduras. After the final drive through the Tegucigalpa traffic we arrived at the airport laden with bags - mainly full of dirty clothes and gifts! (one gift in particular would go on to cause a few problems...more later about that). On arriving in Miami, Hannah was somewhat interrogated at customs but eventually allowed through to collect bags before getting ready for the onward flight to London. As we boarded the flight we started to dream of what we missed the most - real milk, tea and wholemeal bread! The flight was quite bumpy and at one point Hannah had to make a quick decision - should the wine go in me or on me?! She decided that in was better than on and quickly downed it! We finally arrived at Heathrow, safe but tired and a bit confused about what time it was in which of the 3 timezones we had been / were in. We waited at the baggage hall for our bags...and waited...and waited...until all the bags had come out, except for Nicola's! Turns out that it never made it onto the flight in Miami...maybe that last minute gift wasn't such a good idea?!
We said our goodbyes at the airport, not sure it's sunk in that Honduras GOLD 2010 is finally over for us. What will we do without refried beans / DEET / our international neckers / Oooogo and the never-ending bus journeys and last but not least all the amazing girls and women we met in Honduras?! At least we have lots of photos and memories to keep us going until debrief in September!
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