Valle de Angeles

Earlier in December us volunteers to a lovely weekend getaway trip to a small town called Valle de los Angeles. It was the perfect getaway weekend.

The foundation we volunteer for was sooooo nice and offered to fund the transportation to save on time and give us more opportunity to see places. So that meant we all got to hop aboard our trust Viktor bus and head out on an adventure.

Along the way we stopped in a tiny village, San Juancinto. It's a smaller village where Columbus once found gold. It had some great views and a nice simple lifestyle to it.

Pretty great views

Some of the group

Planking pic of course

Plaza/Parque

Then we continued on to the Valle. Valle was the perfect December getaway. It's a touristy town so it was full of artesian shops aka Christmas shopping to the max. Also, it was the perfect cure to the "its December, we're going home soon, Chrismtas pageant stress overload" bug.

We spent the day just enjoying each moment and having a blast. We started our adventure off with some delicious pupusas and hammock time at the restaurant.

The rest of the day we spent walking around town, enjoying carefree time together, and my favorite....SHOPPING! It was so fun to look at all the neat crafts, exploring, and of course buying Christmas presents.

Tuk Tuks around the town with some pretty chill mosaics.

Shops

The best part of the day, however, was when my friend Laura found this guy who was giving horseback rides. She knows how much I LOVE horses, so she jumped on the chance. So we mounted our horses and our horse man, lead us around the streets of town. Deirdre and Katie proceeded to hop into a horse drawn carriage and attempt to race us around the streets. Ahhhh....I love horseback riding and I knew coming here that I needed to get on a horse in Honduras. I hope to do it again, but this time was pretty rico.

Best. feeling. ever.

Laura, horse man, horsies, and I

For dinner, we all headed back into town. Valle is a very small place and the majority of the town is surrounded by the central plaza where there are gazebos benches, the church, tables, and gardens. The plaza is surrounded by restaurants. We stopped into one for some traditional Honduran kebabs....so delicious.

Hotel Motel

We stayed at an adorable little cabin style hotel. Best part, hammocks outside and hot showers inside. It was nice to just be all together away from the stress of school hanging out under the stars chatting about life and enjoying the beauty of Honduras. It was a much needed, perfect getaway!