Blogs from Comayagua, Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 10

I got back to Comayagua late Wednesday night. Thursday I did laundry, did some marking and then head out to Pizza Hut with Donray, Alisa, and Jill. Pizza Hut just opened in town. Let me tell ya, this place is Niiiiiiiice! Way better than the pizza hut I worked at. It was so big, had a HUGE play area, and just really new looking... go figure. They had a nice salad bar too so Jill ordered it and then we all shared the salads. Cheating the system... we're bad, we know. We also got a pan pizza to split and breadsticks. It all tasted very similar to home. We arrived at a good time too because just after we ordered the line up was out the door! After dinner, I went to meet Walter at ... read more

Things have been good at the centre where we volunteer. We haven't quite been getting the 90 students that signed up for the classes in the beginning, but the kids that have been coming, seem to be enjoying it. These kids are really lovable. Each week we rotate the groups between the 3 of us teachers. This way we all get to teach every group. The kids just love us. They are always running up to us for hugs, and constantly want to hold our hands or sit in our laps. They love the attention they get from us. Recently Mom collected a lot of donations from people that she works with or knows back in Canada. When my parents came down about a month ago, there also came a full suitcase of clothing, and ... read more

Well, it happened, the day came that I had to finally jump into those dreaded 30's and I am happy to report that nothing horrible happened!! My 11th and 8th graders each got me a cack and we celebrated in class, it was a nice break. After school I celebrated with the entire compound, a rare thing to do these days with dinner at a new Mexican resteruant. It was nice to have everyone around. Talked to the folks, Brad and then Denise and got a lovely, surprizing email from Fred. After dinner we all went to Morgan's for more drinks. Got rather drunk and did a little bar dancing. All in all a perfect way to celebrate my birthday. And I didn't cry once! I think I'm gonna like 30. Friday I recoved and ... read more

Monday, February 26, 2007 I spent a good 5.5 hours at the school the day before my family was scheduled to arrive. I wanted to be sure I had all my booklets ready and organized for my students for the days I would be away, plus had a lot of marking to do, as well as half-partial reports that were due before I left. Monday arrived and I head to school. I saw Mauricio (admin of school) and asked who would be picking up my parents today. He looked confused. I said my parents were coming in today and Cesar had said someone would pick them up. He said to talk to Cesar. I later found Cesar (director) and Mauricio in Cesar's office and asked again. Cesar hit his head in a "oops, I forgot" kind ... read more

Eh oui, les meilleures choses ont une fin !! Cela fait deux semaines déja que les cours ont repris . Les vacances sont déja loin, et je pense déja aux prochaines !! Ahhhh.... 3 semaines de vacances !!! Quel pied !! Une semaine farniente sur une plage du Nicaragua : Noël en maillot de bain , qui dit mieux ? Puis une semaine au Guatemala pour fêter le Nouvel An à Antigua. On peut dire que le voyage fût épique . Pas moins de 6 bus pour rejoindre les plages de Las Peñitas (à quelques kilomètres de Leon, Nicaragua). Le retour s'est fait dans la journée (12 heures de bus, soit dit en pasant !), avec un trajet Choluteca-Tegucigalpa plutôt folklorique !! Nous sommes rentrées, ma colocataire Nadia et moi, le 26 Décembre. Les bus étaient ... read more