http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Honduras , West en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:46 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:46 UTC Hello everyoneSorry I haven't written a blog for a while but here you go I'm doing you a couple at once.Everythings been quite hectic after we went to Utila about half the old guys left and we have had some new arrivals Sarah Laura Chris the irish girls Deirdra and Elaine plus Jill and Gaelyn who came a while ago don't know if I mentioned them. They are all really nice though we do mi http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-139018.html First a quick bit about Miami...baaasically it was really really fun. They all live in really cool places and there are loads of cool places and trees. I like the trees. Aunty Lilian's party was really nice and the food was good of course. On Sunday she took me shopping and bought me too much stuff so now my bag is heavy. And my straightener doesn't work over here. Anyhoo Monday morn http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-136322.html At the mo I am teaching monwed building thurs fri and also as we finish these at 12 each day we have been painting a nursery in the afternoons I know I am a saint. But really the nursery was shocking its for kids with no dads whose mothers work and there is literally nothing there. The walls were filthy and in the bedroom area there was one cot and a few blankets on the floor. So with th http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-133106.html Hello allStill having a great time here off to copan ruins tomorrow morning the bars there are open until 12 rather than 9.30 as they are here least it means we have an early night though we have to get up at 6am.Started teaching properly now which is going really well. The kids are quite different over here they are so curious and friendly. The like to hold your hand and tickle you and a http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-131813.html Hello everyoneHope everyone's keeping well. Well we are due to start teaching tomorrow finally for those of you who don't know the first school we were at was only a temporary school until the larger one restarted it was there holidays. So all this week we have been building which was suprisingly good fun but hard graft. We've been singing in the pit and playing games and getting a bit s http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-130462.html Some photos of the kids at the school they are all lovely... http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-128431.html HelloJust a quick message...Well we arrived in La esperanza yesterday after a long long bus journey but luckily it allowed us to see the beautiful countryside its so hilly and green covered in pine trees. There are 15 of us here who arrived on the same day plus 3 guys already here so theres a really good community feel to the place and everyones getting on really well.Me and Amy 18 very n http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-126742.html already i know its gonna be so hard to have to leave this place again. everyone is trying to get me to stay and jack in uni for another year... not least because the class i taught before will graduate this year ie do 6th grade. everyone is so happy to see me esp andromeda and jesselthey cried a bit... i went around visiting yesterday and ive seen most of my friends now just a few left to f http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-83958.html After my 2 week stay in Copan de Ruinas I decided to have a little R R. I picked the little colonial town of Gracias which is located in the department or state of Limpira. Gracias was founded in about 1536 by Capt. Juan de Chavez a Spanish conquistiador. Apparently he had been looking for a long time for a flat enough place to build a city. When he came upon this place he supposedly said G http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-46472.html I have been a teacher for six years and every year I love it even more than the previous year. For the past few years I have been teaching English as a Second Language at an elementary school in Des Moines Iowa. Over 80 percent of my students were Spanish speakers and I had the opportunity to work with the families of these students as well as with the students themselves and the community. Whe http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/blog-3349.html 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.nbsp So i decided to take a little break from schoolnbspand check out the beach.nbsp My original plan was to spend two weeks travelling up and down the caribbean coast of honduras.nbsp My first stop which turned out to be http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-795.html On my continuous walks in and around Copan there have been very few surprises.nbsp Yet I came upon one monday in a place that is called a recreation area for locals and tourists.nbsp While Copan itself is very nice this few acres on the outskirts of town is magnificent.nbsp It is called the Camina Mayanbsp and it is a combination bar restaurant discoteque is this the only place le http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-629.html Well I think the rainy season is upon us here in Honduras.nbsp I didn't rain the first four days I was here which is unusual for this time of year according to the locals.nbsp But yesterday it rained nearly all day.nbsp Not just your runofthemill rain....a serious floater.nbsp But it was nice considering how hot it has been this week.nbspnbspThe town has a suprisingly good drainag http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-613.html hola mi amigosnbsp Just arrived in Honduras for my Spanish immersion school.nbsp Flew into San Pedro Sula airport which is much smaller than Houston Intercontinental that I left from.nbsp Only one terminal and two or three places for planes to load and unload.nbsp Was on the plane with a college baseball team from Indiana that will be touring Honduras playing in different towns.nbsp http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-599.html I have already bought my ticket and am beginning some of the preparation for my trip.nbsp It's better to buy stuff you want to take a little at a time instead of all at once.nbsp It costs the same but it just SEEMS LIKE you are spending less money.nbsp I've been staying in contact with the spanish language school Ixbalanque and they have been extremely helpful in answering all of my questi http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-409.html Well my visit to Copan today with my girlfriend started with a proposition by an English speaking guide to join a preexisting group of people for a tour. This took place right outside the admission center for tickets. Within five minutes though the terms of the agreement had changed leaving half the group angry about the baitandswitch. In the end we all went with the guide but I mention i http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-252.html From Antigua the next stop down on the backpacker trail into Honduras is Copan Ruinas. Copan Ruinas is a small town situated a kilometre from ancient Mayan Ruins. I travelled down to Copan with Ripan a friend I had made in Antigua. The journey involved a chicken bus from Antigua to Guatemala City at 6.20am followed by a brief confused spell in Guatemala city where we tried to work out which one http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-58.html