Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Heart of Honduras


I am currently in Jesus de Otoro. If you look at a map of Honduras, just point to the middle and you are very close. It´s high ground. I really like it here just because I can now move around freely. Something very funny happened to us: we ended up disliking the city we were told we would love (San Pedro Sula) and really liking Tegucigalpa where we hoped not to go back. We were actually grinning from ear to ear when we came back to Tegus. The heat is swealtering in San Pedro, its like beeing in a dry sauna, and nightly gun shots to top it all. My aunt said that the vultures would indicate where the bodies were. Misha and I probably lost a few pounds by just sitting around in the heat and then gained them again by inhaling white dust (not exactly what your are thinking) that makes up the busy street infront of my aunt´s house. I not only liked Tegus because of its cool weather but because I can now find my way around there. I promised my dad´s family to stop by in Otoro and so here I am. It´s a very small town with cobble stone streets. Everybody seems to know each other- very quaint.

I said good-by to my love yesterday. Very sad. We have never been apart for what we are scheduled for, I hope to find a job soon to make time fly. The country seems to be in a state of learning english and so english teachers are needed.....

1 comments:

Roda said...

Sorry to hear about you and Michelle parting for awhile. I know that it is very hard, and i can just imagine that it is even harder for both of you since you are in another countr. Will she visit again before you get back? Tell me, what kind of food have you been eating out there? I hope that a teaching job turns out for you and that time goes by fast and you return home.