Hotel Ejecutivo San Pedro Sula

... enter. Two doors were open, but the police at each door kept telling us to go to the other. Finally, we were allowed to enter -- making it into the stadium was, by far, the hardest part!!!!<br><br>Once inside the stadium, our group from the bus headed up to an open area of seats. There, 4 police officers, with a roll of police tape, sectioned off a small area -- five rows, and about 10 seats wide. One officer stood in each corner, holding the tape in their ...

... to get things moving. We had a presentation by Grade 4, of a dance to a Michael Jackson song, and then first grade sang "In the jungle"; I will attach the video of this and photos as soon as i get a good link! <br><br>Afterwards, they had races. This included the sack race, lime on a spoon race (but held in the mouth!), and a horse race (on old broom poles) where the ...

... completely enjoying a topogigo is to suck/drink until it melts enough to easily come out, but before it becomes a dripping melting mess. One time I could not wait for the melting stage and the juice ended up all over me since I poked holes all over the bag to try and get the juice out. The experience was made more embarrassing since I was doing it while talking to one of the leaders of the community. I think he doubted the competence of the teaching staff at that moment ...

... As far as the volunteers go, we are all here; all from the US except me. 3 volunteers left at 24 hours for a combination of reasons.... the last was a great couple from the UK and Australia. We got along really well, but they didn't feel safe at all and also they were promised before they came that they didn't have to teach, so decided it wasn't for them. It is safe in this town, but we'll be careful traveling ...

... For instance, how hard it is to be a disciplinarian sometimes and how to talk in Kid language. Not just kid language, but English as a second language kid language. I found myself saying little idioms such as &#8220;pay attention&#8221; or &#8220;not a big deal&#8221; and realizing they had no idea what I was saying. I also learned that I will be teaching preschool and not first grade. Quite a change, but teachers have to learn to be flexible! The trainer decided that ...

... months). Julia&#8217;s other son lives in the back and his daughter, Stephanie, comes to visit only on the weekends because her mother lives in a neighboring town. The town is called Gracias a Dios and at first I thought everyone was saying "Thanks to God" as in, &#8220;Thank God, Stephanie is over there.&#8221; Susan and Stephanie will attend SJBS (San Jeronimo Bilingual School, where I&#8217;ll be teaching) so I speak to them in English so they can practice. It ...

... back packers.<br><br>About 1 hour into our 2 hour cab ride we passed through a town called La Entrada. The driver got out to get some water, then he came back and said that the bridge was down and that we couldn't make it to Copan tonight and I'd have to catch a bus in the morning. <br><br>This really sucked. <br><br>I tried insisting we kept going, if a bus could get there in the morning, surely we could get there in a car tonight right? The driver was adamant so I checked the Lonely ...

... Headed into the street tofind a beer but found that they were a complete rip off and was told by most locals that it probably wasn't safe to walk to far anyway. Kinda figured that when every corner had two dudes with ak, m16s, shotguns, handguns and even the odd machete. bought some beers at the local pulperia and drank them on the deck at the hostel. weather is supppper hot. tomorrow we head back to bus depot and rock on to Utila. It was a Loooong day.

... was waiting for the bus (3 hours). Everyone waiting for the bus were locals as well. I really thought I was going to a place that is not the safest place on Earth with no other tourists around. Once the bus arrived at the bus terminal there was tons of tourists everywhere which made me feel a bit better. Of course, then I immediately thought Honduras was too touristy (not really).

... not the place to be after sunset, as I soon found out when a couple of cars screeched to a halt and the guys starting having a massive brawl in the street. So there was me ...