Six days on the hurricane deck of a mule

A woman narrates a travel memoir of her voyage from the United States to the Honduran interior and a demanding six-day mule journey over mountain trails. She recalls predeparture anxieties and social objections, the ocean crossing and delays at an island port, and vivid first impressions of primitive lodging and local customs. Mounted travel provides physical challenge and comic mishaps while revealing landscape, village life, and improvised accommodations, including native sleeping arrangements. The account blends practical detail, candid personal reaction, and observant sketches of people and places encountered along the route.