Blogs from Copán Ruinas, Western, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 30

So, I´m sitting here in the Cyber Cafe, and I just heard a car drive by blasting Sweet Child´O Mine. Kinda funny. I have seven minutes remaining, so Ill be quick here. Im hot and sweaty. We worked with sculpture today in the ruinas. We had lunch with Tenoch somebody... A Mexican guy who works in conservation and restoration. I didnt understand a thing he said. But my profesora said he was the inspiration for the character ´Tenoch´in Y Tu Mama, Tambien... I know a certain librarian who would be interested in that.... Gonna try and post a pic of myself eating a yummy pineapple empanada my ´mommy´made me. Ohhh, this morning I had tortillas filled with beans and banana bread and watermelon and pinol and jugo de something. love ya miss ya... read more

The last time I tried to use the internet it was really slow and expensive. But we have found an internet cafe that is cheap and fast. But I don´t think I can upload pictures. So, I will run through day by day real quick. I only have 13 minutes remaining! Sat- arrived in San Pedro Sula. Customs took forever--like two hours or something. Jennifer rented a van kinda thingie and we all jumped in after changing a little money and headed toward Copan. I already didn´t feel so good cause I was hungry and tired since I had been up since 4AM. And the heat was stifling. San Pedro Sula looked pretty ugly and very poor. The drive took a long time because there was a bad accident that tied traffic up. People drive like ... read more

Does anybody know what gunshots sound like? 'Cause I swear, last night there was a shootout going on in the neighbourhood around our hostel last night. It doesn't make any sense at all, we're in what is probably Honduras' biggest tourist destination, a sleepy but prosperous little colonial town on the border of Guatemala, known primarily for being right next to the ruins of one of the major Mayan cities. We've been here for three days while Vanessa was recovering from a bit of fever, and the people here have struck me as leading as peaceful and relaxed a life as anywhere we've been so far this trip. I don't know, maybe it was the bikers. See, last night there was some kind of fiesta going on in town. There was a little charity event just ... read more

We left Guatemala today, after a trying day yesterday wandering around Guatemala City picking up my passport, trying to get my plane ticket replaced, and getting a special stamp in my new passport to confirm that I was in fact in Guatemala legally. I just wanted to leave you with a few parting thoughts about Guatemala, in no particular order and not at all related. Ten years ago, Guatemala ended its thirty-year civil war. That means that everyone you meet here between the ages of 15 and 45 grew up in an environment that threatened, and frequently erupted in, violence that remains practically unimaginable to us. This holds particularly true for the Mayan communities of the Altiplano, where a large number of massacres were perpetrated by the military (and occasionally by the guerillas) and entire towns ... read more

I hope this blog gets through, as the previous one that i posted did not make it to the site. After three weeks of spanish language school, my head was about to explode.  So i decided to take a little break from school and check out the beach.  My original plan was to spend two weeks travelling up and down the caribbean coast of honduras.  My first stop (which turned out to be my only stop) was in Tela, a small beach town on the north coast of Honduras.  The beaches there are absolutely beautiful, with clear water and white sands.  But the clean beaches only applies when you get away from the larger hotels on the beach.  It seems that the locals don't take much pride in their beautiful oceanfront town, as they will drop trash ... read more