Honduras, First Impressions

So I´ve finally made it to an internet cafe. Only took a week. My first impressions of this Central American country are that life couldn´t be more different than back home. Not necessarily in a bad way, just different. The landscape is gorgeous: lush, dense rainforst covers mountains that poke high into the air to points seemingly unreachable heights. Tropical weather is always in full affect, leaving beads of sweat permanently dripping off my nose. Here it is a cold shower that leaves you lingering wanting to stay forever. Living here makes me want my next volunteer location to be the Himalayas.

The Hondurians are a beautiful dark skinned people. In El Porvenir I am working with a group of youngins who´s parents are gone, or have to work in the pineapple fields all day. They are such a lovely group of kids, and are soooo trusting. The first day i met them, they all came up and latched on in a loving hug. I´ve been doing some teaching here so far, basic abc´s and stuff. Its good for me because my spanish is about the same level as thiers.

I living down by the beach, literally. Below you can see the view out my window. I´m really ruffing it, I know! There´s no surf, but a nice dip in the water after working with the kids is unbeatable.

As for security, Ma, dont worry! Our house is like fort Knox. There really isn´t an crime in El Provenir, but if there was it wouldn´t be coming through that razor wire. Drugs and gangs tend to be bad in Honduras in general, but this little town is actually a relatively clean and safe place due in no small part to the volunteer work that has been done.