Blogs from Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 25

Thought I'd post some fun pics that didn't fit into the other entries, that other teachers have taken, or that I just realised I had. I also tried to figure out the videos and thought I had them loaded but then couldn't publish my entry so that sucks. Oh well. Enjoy!... read more

Eight in the morning is usually a late morning here for us in Honduras, however it felf very early to me as I had only had two hours of sleep the night prior. It would have been a day for sleeping in had we not had plans to go to the small town (more like village) of Rio Negro, which is about a 2 hour drive up a mountain from the city of Comayagua. Chris (Mr. Chris, grade 3) had asked around earlier in the week to see if there would be anyone interested in going up to Rio Negro with himself and Hector in Hector's Land Cruiser that usually runs on vegetable oil (I will never get over that. Too cool!). Hector is an acquintance of Chris' who, as I learned on the way up ... read more

Dia de los Ninos.... So it has been a while, way too long I should say, as childs day was nearly a month and a half ago now. 7th-11th grade celebrates childs day by visiting different "poor schools" and bringing pinatas, candy and food and playing games with the kids of these schools. I went with the 7th grade to a pre-school just outside of Comayagua. My kids had several games prepared and led the pre-schoolers in all of them. While this was going on Mercedes, my co-teacher, took me outside to show me three men standing next to three giant SUVs, those, she said, were the bodyguards of one of our students. THE BODYGUARDS!!! She went on to explain to me that the cement factory and the string of big rigs we passed on the ... read more

After a long weekend in the Caribbean, it was time to go grocery shopping. I made a surprising discovery today. I actually found something a little more exciting than tortillas and beans that I could make for dinner. Supermercado Jumbo has coconut milk, curry powder, and asian noodles and had snow peas, peppers, and onions in their produce section. I was so excited! When I got home I set to work making vegetable curry. And it worked! (A special thanks to my bestest friend from back home who taught me how to make curry who is now living in Burma: Christina, it will never be as good as yours but it was a great break from beans and tortillas). Anyhow, I took pictues just so my mom would believe that I actually cooked :) Everyone knows ... read more

After a long day of ponponara practice, Sarah and I headed for home and promptly passed out for a few hours. We almost didn't get up Saturday night and once we did, we really had no ambition to go out. Being the troopers that we are however, we prettied ourselves up for a night of dancing and went out to explore a new bar we had heard about from some friends. What we discovered that night: (11pm-2am) 1. It is easy to make an ass out of yourself by wandering around the first floor of a building when the bar is on the second floor. 2. The security people will notice your confused expressions and lead you upstairs. 3. When you ask the bartender to surprise you with a mixed drink, it will be cheap and ... read more