Metrotel Express San Pedro Sula

Explored Placencia this morning and got some really yummy cinnamon rolls from Jon the Bakerman - the best baked goods we´ve gotten down here so far. Walked a little bit along the beach, which is pretty white sand, but kinda dirty with glass and stuff. There were cute colorful houses, some run down, but not much else. Then we got on the boat to Honduras, which would´ve been an easy 4-hour ride except for the fact that the Belizean immigration officials were ¨sleeping¨ and we ...

... parachutes and weights!<br><br>Year 5 &amp;6 are one class. We are studying the Earth, and so far have looked at the basic geography as well as the role of the sun to Earth. We are (as in yr 3) looking at data sets of temperatures and rainfall to study the variations. They are learning to draw line and bar charts. <br><br>I am attaching a few photos of the kids - they are cute!

The School<br><br>The school is located about a mile the other side of the town centre (from where I am staying) and it's a 30 minute walk. It nice at 0630, and not too hot, but at 2.30pm, on the way back, it&#8217;s very hot!! <br><br>The school is in two halves; the reception and my science room on one side (it was grade 1 this week but we are swapping over today) and then all grades 1-6 around a sort of a courtyard. The ...

... with only 2 hours a day! <br><br>After the third day my throat was hoarse from yelling at them so much. No, Jose, we do not pull our friends hair! No, Fernando, we do not step on our friends! Genesis, we share the books!<br><br>For the first 2 weeks we start the day looking at books at their tables. Books are actually they&#8217;re favorite toys since most do not have any at home so they treat them like objects from Mars. Then we have morning circle where we sing our Morning ...

... goes, it looks like I can stay where I am. Carla, who runs things here, will be back next tues, and then I&#8217;ll take some photos of the house to show you. This house is closer to the school, and is of a higher standard e.g. tiled floor rather than a bare concrete one, but it doesn&#8217;t have a washing machine that the other one does. <br><br>Until the next instalment, adios!

... protests. <br><br>We didn&#8217;t get into SPS until 3.30 and didn&#8217;t want to stay after dark, so we whizzed around getting our shopping. We went to an American-styled mall, where I managed to get the all important pillow (very comfortable) and then the supermarket for shampoo etc; all of the goods are much cheaper in the city than in this small town. We took a taxi back to the bus station and then squeezed on ...

Today was our last day of school... it's hard to say goodbye but I had such a great trip that it's hard to be sad. I know I'll be back!<br><br>After school we swung by Ninoska's house again. Her brother has been making us handcrafted wooden goblets!!! They are beautiful! He wrote our names with "Honduras 2009) along the bottom rim. It was his idea and he insisted on giving us these amazing gifts! He stained them and filled ...

I am back been out of the game for a while its easy to let life routines to get the best of you and stir you away from your goal and specially of your travel ones, i got my route define for my rtw and making the arrangements i started a site to sell t-shirt http://www.cafepress.com/renacentista please check it out if you want to chip in ...

... minibus from Antigua (I had also met her at Tikal; odd how one sees people again and again!) - she was trying to get to La Ceiba for a ferry to the Bay Islands but as time was marching on, we decided to go as far as San Pedro and share a hotel room - it's not a good idea to travel after dark in this part of the world. Night was already falling as we arrived in San ...

... great place to stay in San Pedro Sula<br><br><br>San Pedro Sula's market<br><br><br>San Pedro Sula's market<br><br><br>San Pedro Sula's market<br><br><br>Having a laugh with the Esso girls