Intercontinental Real Tegucigalpa

... because they drove around the island in a blacked out minivan beeping at you as you walked along the one narrow road that had no pavements so basically where were you meant to walk? But I’m sure underneath the façade they were lovely people.

The Diving is great, beautiful clear azure waters, amazing reefs and great visibility and dazzling fish of all colours. Spectacular parrot fish, angel fish, trunkfish, trumpet fish, damselfish, fairy ...

... bottles with tap water and resell them. They aren't trying to rip you off...it's just what they do to make some dinero. I handed her my dollar for three bottles and made my next target a bakery. I am not into shopping but using some new found Spanish skills turned out to be fun.

Somehow I have been appointed the lead negotiater for all things that must be conducted in Spanish for our group...taxis, a roof ...

... At six feet tall I tower above everyone here and can see all the way down the streets above everyone else. I had forgotten what that is like since I have experienced that elsewhere in Latin America in the past.

If you have looked beyond Entertainment Tonight and In Touch magazine, you may have seen that there was a military coup here recently with a lot of civil unrest. It's actually pretty quiet here in the capital right now but graffiti ...

... staying there as well so got to play cards and talk and watch baseball. I watched baseball and cage fighting with the clerk who spoke a litle english. We formed a bond and he would make faces and talk behind others backs. He doesn´t like "Jews" or "blacks". He doesn´t like Obama because he is black. He was quick to point out all of the "bad guys" who came buy. He made ...

... we found a place called Lavandería Junior that was closed but offered to do it. 86 lempiras ($4.30 US) for 10 pounds and they had all our clothes washed, dried and folded within 2 hours. Not bad. We then spent about an hour walking around town looking for a scale as today is weight-in day for our Biggest Loser competition. We looked everywhere, only to discover when we met back up with Joel and Andrea at McDonald´s that there was one right around the corner. Once ...

... for several months. Because of the chemical reaction in the leaves, the piles literally cook themselves, reaching temperatures over 45C. After leaving the piles, workers remove the veins by hand in a separate room and the leaves are again sprayed and stacked. Rolling is accomplished in two stages: first the filler leaves, usually four of them, are rolled and cut into shape, and then put in a mild overnight. The next day, the wrapper leaf is put on, and the ...

... English and so we explained what we wanted, at the same time we have decided to get the other foot at the back replaced so they are making two ball and socket joints to be attached to the ram and the foot. Could not start today so went to a nearby Texaco garage for the night. 26th-Back to the workshop and expect two days work. This unfortunately means sleeping outside the workshop, there is a security man on all ...

... sprawled in the sun and sitting in the shade reading a book. During one of these shadey breaks, I was approached by a little local kid who was keen to show off his baseball skills. After a bit of persuasion I agreed to join him in a one on one game, which essentially involved me gently tossing the ball to him, him twatting it as far as he could, and me retrieving it from the sea as he excitedly shrieked "Home run! Home run!" Although he was very cute, after a short while it ...

... 2 dollar tax with dat stamp. From the frontier, a short bus ride to El Paraiso, another short bus ride to Danli, and finally a bus ride to Tegucigalpa where we got a taxi to another bus station and then a bus to Valle de Angeles. All along the scenery has been of pinewood forrests and small farms. Delightful. So after our long trip, we checked into the Hotel Posada del Angel which has a clean and relaxing atmosphere with a nice large swimming ...

Well I made it! And though I've spent most of my first day in Honduras sleeping (having woken up at 4 am to leave this morning), I think I'm going to like it here. I must say that though I have been crazily excited about this trip since the posibility of interning with COMUCAP was brought up at that DC lunch back in March, in the last few weeks the dread started to sink in a bit. As everyone says, this should be easy for me by now, no big deal! As they remind me, I went around the world ...