Hotel Casa Del Arbol San Pedro Sula

More soccer! The game we went to in Mexico City was part of the series of games played in order to qualify for a place in the World Cup next year in South Africa. The last two games for each country are played this week, Saturday and then on Wednesday. This game, between the US and Honduras, was important for both teams. Of the 6 teams in our region (US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Trinadad and Tobago), 3 will qualify for the World Cup, and ...

Hi all,<br>A quick note to say that the curfew is now over and we went back to school today! Nothing has changed and I have no idea what is happening politically in the capital; without a tv or radio it is difficult to find out anything!<br><br>Anyway, no major plans in the works... shopping in San Pedro on saturday. There is an international supermarket there and we are hoping for parmesan cheese!<br>

... br><br>I watched the diving videos with the students to refresh my memory of the course (well, 4 years without diving is quite a long time!) and then on the Sunday am, at 7am(!!!) I did my refresher course with Bogden, one of the divemasters just off the hotel&#8217;s dock. He was excellent and I was surprised how quickly it did come back. Anyway, the mask clearance was fine, and that was the one skill I was worried about! <br><br>Once we got back to the dock, we got onto the dive ...

... and I went to another family&#8217;s house for a cooking class. The mother is a super good cook and their family is pretty poor so we like buying food from them. We made Honduran enchiladas, which are more like tostadas. We made the tortillas, chopped all the veggies up (I was missing the magic of a food processor) and cooked the meat. It was delicious! The mother&#8217;s food is so famous that people will buy a plate of her food and eat it in their kitchen. As our food ...

... english. It has been really good for my listening skills and it does make me talk too! I enjoy seeing the houses, but they are quite well off and the houses are of a high standard. <br><br><br>We live in the house with Sandra, and Madi and I were invited to Cusco national park at the weekend, but as we have a meeting at the school, we are not sure if Sandra will be going. It would be very nice though and its great to get ...

... but I do know that it was from an endangered animal. That can&#8217;t be good karma. After the game we walked with the crowd until we passed a gas station. We just wanted a ride to the nearby bus terminal so we could get a taxi. We asked a man with a pickup if we could ride in the back until the station. It turns out he was going to Cofradia and he said he&#8217;d take us for free. That mixture of luck and generosity are why I continue to fall in love with Latin America and its people.

... he was selling (supposedly it costs thousands in the store but he was selling it for L100). He claimed that it had healing powers for digestion, acne, colon cancer and anything that harms your body. My Spanish is rusty but I could have sworn he said that Maradona usd it to get better. He then proceeded to sing Hotel California (in its entirety) once he found out that Steven was from Cali. I wasnt in the mood to have a 10 minute ...

... banana or plantain leaf. They are very interesting. Traditionally, they are a Christmas food. Tamales take a whole day to make. I would really like to learn sometime. <br><br>All afternoon and evening we spent with Ninoska and her family. We brought them a lot of presents and clothes and even a kitchen table! The father is a carpenter but he doesn't have the time or money to make a table for his own family because he is busy making things to ...

... At first I try to enjoy it like I would a rollercoaster. But I'm jostled and bounced around...trying to stay steady but my 115 pounds of me are no match for the rough currents. My fellow passengers look equally distraught, lying down on benches, putting their head in their hands. Then I start to feel really bad - my heart is racing, I start sweating, and I'm extremely dizzy. I'm handed a plastic garbage bag not a moment too soon. Nice. Aside from a 4-year-old girl, I'm ...

... waving at the shcool bus (aka chicken bus) driver to stop and wait for us. current time 2.45pm about 1 hour later i start noticing signs that say omoa municipality - this omoa bus does not go to the beach - only outisde of town.. lots of people get off at one stop and shane goes to the front of the bus to ask if this is the stop for omoa beach... yes.. get off now.. so we get off a take a motorozied tuk tuk to ...