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Note – Apologies but what proceeds isn’t very interesting, however it was 2 days of our trip, and therefore it does need to be documented!! The lack of photos we took here too are few and far between, and therefore there are only 2 snaps of Tegucigalpa, neither of which I imagine will be breathtaking! Our next real stop was to be Granada in Nicaragua, however getting there was going to be the difficult thing. We basically had to get back to the mainland (La Ceiba),from there get a 7 hour bus to Tegucigalpa (the capital of Honduras), stay the night, then get another bus to the capital of Nicaragua, Managua (8 hours by bus), stay the night, and then another bus from there in the morning to Granada. Mission The mission was made even harder ... read more
The only other photo we took inTegucigalpa...again, of the view from the Hotel room!!

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Central » Comayagua August 11th 2011

I wake up in the mountain town of Tilaran, Costa Rica. Forty kilometers south, via a dirt road, is the eco-paradise once featured by National Geographic, Monteverde. It has butterfly, frog, and snake gardens, suspension bridges, and canopy tours. But I’m not going there. No, I’ve had enough of Costa Rica and its high prices; paying $10 for a breakfast that would cost $7 in LA. In Monteverde I could spend as much walking across one bridge as I would for three days of adventure in Nicaragua. And so, I’m heading north, back to Nicaragua. My destination: a beach city named San Juan del Sur just 25km north of the Costa Rica/Nicaragua border. Here I should be able to get a hotel for $5 and breakfast for $2. I’m happy to be on the road again ... read more
Bella Esperanza near a wind farm, Nicaragua
Water filled with surfers, Madera Beach
Hotel in Playa Madera


This is a message straight from our team in Honduras. The progress in work that they are doing is amazing. For bible school they had a huge turnout. God is really working with this group. It looks like he is showing out!! Lets pray for continued blessing on the group and the people they are witnessing too!! Good Morning, Staying positive is a must today and counting our blessings is so important to keep going because yesterday was extremely challenging for all of us. Please pray for continued faith strength & health while we complete this mission. On with the details. With much debate in the morning yesterday on the tile design plus a 2 hour delay on supplies the power going out & lack of water still the men’s hard work paid off & the ... read more


Good morning everyone. I have finally received some info that I can pass along to everyone. One of the messages I got I was told just how much of a blessing it is for our group to be there. That just proves to us that God is leading them and our church in the right direction. On Saturday they actually got about half of the tile laid in the church. It was a slow process since they are having to bring water in for them to mix grout and thin set. We could not imagine not having water in our church, or at least I couldn’t. The ladies from the team are painting the Sunday school rooms, and I was informed that Leighton Keys is quite the artist. The group got to go church with the ... read more


Comayagua, Honduras and Antigua, Guatemala are the two best known places in Central America to see the "alfombras" or "carpets" each Semana Santa (Holy Week), on Good Friday. Although there are a few other places doing them as well, none are as well known as these two cities. I have now seen the sawdust carpets 3 times, and am still impressed at the fine detail and work that goes into them. Most are made using dyed sawdust, but several also incorporate materials such as wood shavings, eggshells, dried beans, pine leaves, fabrics, and much more. The carpets are sponsored by local families, businesses, and schools, and are spread out among the streets in the center of the city, near the cathedral and central park. People usually take to the streets around 12-1am on Thursday night, and ... read more
Quite the Production at 3am!
RIP Dr. Marco Zapata
Framework

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Central » Danlí April 22nd 2011

I decided that I could wait no longer to continue my travels so I decided to move on. I was fairly warned that travel might be difficult due to the Easter holiday but I was confident that I was prepared to improvise if necessary. I should not have worried. The Wendys in Siguatepeque was open so I ate a quick lunch there and pressed on toward the capital. I got stopped at a police checkpoint at the top of a mountain pass where I had to take my first-ever breathalyzer test. I scored cero punto cero which by sheer coincidence is exactly equal to Blutarskys GPA in another time, place, circumstance, and language. I dreaded driving through the capital but it turned out to be not so bad. I got gas there and faithfully followed the ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Central » Danlí March 10th 2011

I didn't pack a thing last night. I wanted to just relax & pretend we didn't have to leave. So, we had to get up at the crack of dawn to pack today in order to be out on our 7am boat. We got it all together & still made time for one last hot shower. Must take advantage of the luxuries when you have them. We sat in the restaurant with Mike & Will & had some coffee & fruit. They tried to talk us into staying another day. ;) Would love to but we must get moving. Everyone walked us out to the dock & hugged us goodbye. It was like leaving family. Then off to La Ceiba in our little boat. After the 1.5 hour boat ride where the wind was blowing directly ... read more
Last look back at Cayos Cochinos.
Looking towards La Ceiba.
On the bus.

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Central » Danlí February 18th 2011

February 17, 2011 We crossed the border from Guatamala to Honduras on Valentine's day ("Dia D'amore") without too much trouble except for the usual snarl of "tramitadores" (men/boys offering assistance for a price). On the Honduran side, the border official insisted we remove the front license plate which we had attached before we left Nova Scotia -- it said "Brasil" and had been a gift from our Brazilian exchange student, Eduardo. The plate was confiscated. Apparently it is a crime to have non-matching front and rear plates. The countryside in Honduras has been beautiful -- mountainous, full of dry hills and tall pines. A lot of it looks like the BC Kootenays. The roads have been highly variable -- some great divided highway, some ox tracks. We have been stopped by the national police at every ... read more
Katy and Gaetane at Copan Ruinas
Mayan sculpture
Daniella's house in Santa Rosa


Okay, so it's not exactly new... I bought a 1999 Honda Civic from one of the teachers who is leaving Honduras. She is moving to Paraguay to teach and no longer needs her car. I've been without a car all year, which was WAY easier in Comayagua because you could walk anywhere, but virtually impossible to do without in Tegus, without paying for taxis to go everywhere. Before I tell you about my car, let me tell you about how cars work down here: *Most of the cars here are cars that were totaled in the States. They get shipped down here and then completely remodeled and sold for WAY more than they're worth *The value of a car does not diminish with the miles or the year. For any car, you are looking at paying ... read more


So last night was Kallie's last night in Honduras. She flies out this afternoon. We took my new car (more on that soon!) out for a joy ride and went to a couple of different bars for some celebratory drinks. During drinks, Kallie asked what our best and worst moments of the school-year were. At camp, we do this with our campers every night and call it "Roses and Thorns". We all went around the table and shared ours. Thought more about it this morning (when I couldn't get back to sleep) and thought I'd share... My Thorns (I prefer to end with the rose): * The way things felt with Walter when I first got here in July... the uncertainty of what was happening and where things would end up * The political crisis in ... read more




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