May 2, 2010
10:00 AM Left Toronto - said goodbye to Jason
1:00 PM Arrival in Acton, packed until 7PM
8:00 PM Left for London
10:00 PM Arrival in London, drinks with mom, watched the game, napped
12:00AM Arrival at Robert Q, met everyone, Wendy chatted to my folks
1:00 AM Departure from Robert Q
Flights - Detroit - Miami - San Pedro
May 3, 2010
Flights weren't long...slept most of the way. On the first flight I sat beside the two most drugged up students -- Richard (Graval) and Shannon ("happy pills").
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When we arrived in Honduras the heat hit me in the face (its much hotter than it was in Thailand). Jimmy, our driver, was really nice and funny. I told him he was a good driver (avoiding the pot holes, slowing at speed bumps and winding turns). He said "I'm the second best driver in all of Honduras", to which Kelsy replied "What about the first?" Jimmy-- "Ya, he died a couple days ago!"
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Our trip to Copan seemed to take a long time. Most of us slept. When we were awake we took pictures when we could -- most of them didn't turn out because of the bumps in the road. I think in total we only travelled for 3 hours.
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The scenery along the way consisted of a lot of garbage on the sides of the roads; in and around houses. There are tons of PepsiCo. and Coca Cola signs everywhere. Even some houses are painted with the logos. All of the village names and regional signs have Coke logos, too. We passed a couple of huge Mariquilla's, tons of dogs, horses and cattle (ox) and a few 'squatter villages'. We passed a 'slash and burn' area, too. The country has many rolling hills and trees. It's very beautiful.
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The city of Copan is beautiful! It's historic and the Mayan ruins are close by. Its very hilly and all of the road is cobble stone. the buildings are all bright colours. After we arrived we were brought straight to our host families. I think Anisa and I live the closet to the school where we will be learning Spanish, but furthest from Arte Accion.
It's a really nice house. Anisa and I have private bedrooms (separate from the main house) with private bathrooms each. We met the mother, sister and one of the brothers (there are 3 kids in total). The communication is very difficult. I can actually understand more than I thought I would be able to (what a surprise). The power was out when we arrived, but its back for the time being.
Tortilla, fried plantains, beans, ham and egg for dinner.
1 comment:
Lol. What happened to the first driver? Sounds like a great first start doll. I've been to places where Coke is the theme to most of the art work. You get use to it. Own private bathroom as well? Hell.. you're moving up in the world from school housing. :)
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