I knew that last week, gas prices rose to over $4 per gallon! Prices there on gas are usually quite a bit steeper than they are here (example: last summer it was about $2.70 for a gallon of diesel which most people use there, and unleaded here was like $1.98) Apparently, public transportation went on strike, and the roads closed down all around town due to protests on the gas prices. Emil's family lives in a nicer neighborhood, on the south west of Tegus, set back in residential areas away from the commercial and industrial areas. My family lives further south, on the outskirts of town, but our house is on the main highway south out of town... Litterally ON the highway, there's about 30-40 feet between our porch and the highway. Anyhow, I talked to Suyapa yesterday afternoon because it was her birthday, and she didn't mention anything about that. I guess lots of people didn't go to work or school today because there were protesters on a lot of the roads - taxi drivers, and others who wanted Pres. Maduro to do something about the high prices. It's an ugly situation.
I was surprised last Friday that things around here were a lot calmer than I would've expected... I drove past a gas station on Thursday afternoon, and it was $2.53 a gallon. The next day, it was $2.63. Stupidly, I waited 'till late afternoon to cash my work check, getting me to the gas station around 5pm, and gas at that same station was $2.73! Over the course of about 24 hours. I was at the furthest-south Commerical Arco, and it was jam packed, but they had things pretty well organized, I was happy to see.
Speaking of gas stations in Honduras, I remembered this picture of some friends in Michelle's truck at the Esso América station. jejeje!
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