Archive for the Volunteering category

The great carnival at La Ceiba

May 26, 2009 We arrived in La Ceiba at 2:30PM, at which time we took another bus to our hotel, located thirty minutes from the city near a place called The Jungle River. On that day, in that part of the country, the weather was incredibly hot. As Fred had stressed us to get up early in the morning so we would ... [more]

Our new family and Fred’s nonsense

May 26, 2009 This week we met with new volunteers, all but one from the United States. One of them, called Jake, has been volunteering with Global Volunteer Network in the past, and has been making a living recently here in La Esperanza. Not surprisingly, he plans on moving on to bigger and greater places in the near future. Volunteering seems ... [more]

The 14th Angel and the holes

May 26, 2009 We woke up early monday to catch the bus to San Pedro Sula at 6:00AM because we were not sure if the 7:00AM bus existed. It's existence seemed too mythical to rely upon. Back at the Metropolitan Bus Station, we stopped in the food court to get something to eat. Since our friend Fred had been conditioning us to ... [more]

Sexy Copán

May 20, 2009 We knew before arriving that the Copán ruins were quite a touristic attraction for Honduras. We knew when we arrived just how touristic the Copán village was compared to what we had seen of the country. As we got down the bus, I could swear we got at least half a dozen offers for the best hotels in ... [more]

Our little terrorist

May 20, 2009 The drive to San Pedro Sula, our first destination (and main transfer point for the national transit system), was quite scenic and enjoyable. I slept the whole way there. My first sight of San Pedro Sula, reknown as the industrial capital of Honduras, was its famous and new Metropolitan Bus Station. We got out of the bus and into ... [more]

Oreos, Giggling Schoolgirls and rabid dogs

May 20, 2009 Our second week at La Esperanza also happened to be our longest. It was filled with yapping dogs at night and the sounds of our croaking parrots at home. We slept very well for those four days. We spent most of our workdays digging trenches for the house we are building in Chiligatoro. One notable event of those four ... [more]

On La Esperanza, and what hope we have

May 13, 2009 I have been staying in a small city called La Esperanza for over a week now, and my first impressions of Honduras have since been altered ever so slightly to accomodate a few previously undiscovered aspects of the people, their culture, and the way they live. The internet cafes here are actually quite numerous and decent; some have webcams ... [more]

Getting to Honduras

May 4, 2009 I am writing today on an oldschool 56k modem from a country I had barely heard from before. This all started when me and a few friends from university decided it would be a good idea to enroll on a volunteering trip to a third world country. We would enroll, invest a few thousand dollars in the trip ... [more]