Thanks for the report. We expect to be in Honduras in 3 weeks. We are crossing the border at the Copan Ruins. Is that good or bad? We will then head up to San Pedro Sula and down to Comayagua for the night. Any feed back? Does the construction look long term? How long is the problem area? Thanks for any feedback.

Hey JudgeJoe
The principal lesson learned from our crossing was that you cannot trust what people say about status procedure at some of the borders.
As we left the hotel in Puerto Barrios (Palm Real) we were told in all honesty that the border was closed due to the political situation and we would not be allowed to circulate in Hon. Palm Real was great on the left as you enter into PB a few km.. We had bike in the lobby.

GUAT side was 20 minutes and easy....HON side was longer. You arrive and automatically want to head down the right side of the road. You will be chased by guys on motorbikes to help.. ignore them. The actual building you want is on the left side of the road and you can just bike over there. It was straight forward.

We did not go through Copan, we went through the north border hearing it was easier and its all paved.. yes correct. Omoa is beautiful for a stop if you have time....and the road San Pedro Sula is pretty good. Yogoa lake gorgeous... but we wanted to get through and out as quick as possible before the political situation possibly unfolded more. We stayed at Comayagua at Santa Maria Hotel.. nice food and drinks and rooms.

The construction after San Pedro Sula to TEGUCI was horrendous and definitely longterm. Trucks are just awful and rule the road. Hopefully it won't rain for you as it made it worse. Slick thin mud from run off of the side of the hills vs construction material. Probably am would be better than lunchtime and later on a Friday pm... probably worst time. We reckon it was around 60kms long stream of trucks and lane changes. Some places two lanes, some one lane for each side... you come to a gas station sort of cross roads where it was a quagmire of mud ....this is the end of the shite stuff...we stopped there to regroup ourselves.... Tegucigalpa was easy as they have a ring road and it was 15 mins and out of town....

Not sure how far you are going but Nicaragua was just awesome....

Take care and hope that helps
Cheers Jules & Oliver

Copan border is good : small border , not to many trucks , always some tourists and travellers . The road on the Guatemalan side is all paved and in good condition . The same from the border to San Pedro Sula : good pavement , not much traffic and some nice views , especially and the first part of the road .

Ride safe