Blogs from Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Today i commence a monumental journey from honduras back to los united states on land, following the migrant trail. i´ve left all material items home except a camara, voice recorder (i´m sure you all enjoy hearing your own voice as much as I enjoy hearing my own) and a fantasy football preseason magazine. (never too early to prepare for the upcoming season.) i´m traveling very light as to travel as the migrants do, although the god´s honest truth: I´m a wuss and hate carrying things. The objective is simple: keep it tight and work the streets hard: that´s where my best work is done. I hope to experience and document ´the journey´of an illegal central american migrant to los united and the hardships and dangers they encounter. The method: improvisation No plan, just a Yankees cap, ... read more

We decided to leave Nicaragua a day early, partially because of the ongoing conflict in Honduras (the thinking was that we might need to add a bit of a time cushion for the country) and also because we were facing a 4 hour wait to get to the place we wanted to go to in Nicaragua. So, spot change of plan, we got on the bus to the border instead. Other than paying a "municipal departure tax" on the Nicaraguan side, nothing was out of ordinary. In fact, everything was rather organized. For the first time this trip, both countries had their immigration officers right next to each other. After looking over our passports, Nicaraguan immigration simply slid them over the counter to Honduran. Ok, so maybe there was a little shenanigan on the Honduran side. ... read more

Time has gone by way, way too fast. I have wanted to write for a while now, but things are crazy lately. Not really busy, just trying to spend as much time as possible with everyone before next week. I think my best option will be to write the things that have been going on, when I get back home and have a little bit of time. Although, I am all that sure how much time really have even when I get home. I pretty much need to find a job as soon as I get there. It doesn't fun at all, but that is the only way I will be able to afford my next destination. Of course, I chose to go to one of the most expensive places to fly to. I have made ... read more

So I have survived the last leg of classes, although it isn't official yet. We still have exams next week. As of today (May 29th, 2009) I have been here for nine months and sixteen days. This got me thinking... I am not officially traveling; I life here. So I am considering changing my Blog to Wordpress.com, for a few reasons. There are most all the functions that Travelblog offers plus a few others. I can post photos and videos in each blog and I have control over the size and location. Readers will be able to subscribe, leave comments and, of course, read each blog. There are links to my flickr page and links to the Travelblog as well, so you can easily read the stuff from this site. Also any reader can follow me ... read more

Last night I was sleeping, soundly in my humble Honduran abode. I was having a dream about my hat, one of my favorite things to dream about. I find that dreaming about my hat is the second best thing to actually wearing it. Sometimes it's even better, seeing as how my forehead never sweats in dreams. However, last night's hat dream was different. One could even say it was a hat nightmare. The problem was that the hemp used to weave the Scala, from Sri Lanka, was all falling out. All that was left was some wire. The wire confused me, because there is no wire in my hat, but in my dream the hat was clearly supported by a firm wire cage. I was explaining to the science teacher, Alfredo, that the hat just simply ... read more