Volunteer Retreat- The ranch paid for us all to travel to La Esperanza, a place in Honduras, to have a volunteer retreat, basically getting to know each other better, talking about things from the ranch, supporting each other and so forth. The volunteer coordinator set up the weekend with the help of some others and it was really nice. The place we stayed was a beautiful lodge in the mountains. La Esperanza is the coldest place in the country and november is one of the cooler months, so we were all "freezing" in the 50 degree F weather, wearing multiple sweaters [View Full Entry]

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So I guess my time in Honduras is coming to an end. Wednesday was my last day of teaching. The actual Honduran English teacher called Diana was away so i took all the classes totally on my own. I guess i'm on my own most of the time anyway because Diana always tends to leave the lesson....but usually i'm with one other English person! Being completely on my own was a scary prospect but it actually went really well. We just did revision of the words they find tricky eg butterfly, uncle, white...i could go on! They listened really well [View Full Entry]

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Sooo, last week was Samana Santa, Easter week. Quite a big thing this section of the world. Basically, it sucked because everything was closed the whole time. Even our beloved internet cafe! (Mind you it did open once or twice). I've become an avid reader within the past week. I finished my book and swapped with Gaelyn. Now i'm reading ''A Walk In The Woods" which is pretty funny. About hiking which i may have to try sometime. On a larger scale than D of E. Other than reading i've just been hanging out with people. We built Monday-Wednesday because [View Full Entry]

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