In many ways it feels like
we’ve been in Honduras longer than three months; La Union, and this country
have surprisingly quickly become our home. For both Kate and I, this is the
only place we have ever lived other than our homes back in our respective
countries, which is a strange thought really.
Flying around like popcorn in
the back of a pickup yesterday made me realise how much I love this country
already. The ease of everything; rules are there but very weakly enforced, if
electricity goes out, you just wait for it to come back on, if water is off
then you all smell equally as bad as each other so everything’s fine! Other
than the obvious difference of skin colour (although even this is becoming less
obvious as the months have passed) we fit in so well here, the community and
the school have welcomed us as ‘the Europeans’ and it’s so nice to feel so
welcome. We have had many conversations about how lucky we are to be where we
are, La Union may be in the middle of nowhere but it’s truly stunning and we
get to experience the real Honduras, something we are both so grateful for
On the other hand, I can’t
believe three months has gone so quickly. We have had many adventures up until
now and we’re only ¼ our way through the year!
Just writing this post has
made me realise that I have already gathered up a lifetime of stories to tell
people, and I’m sure when I get back home my annoying catchphrase will be ‘This
one time in Honduras’ so I apologise in advance for this, but if you love me
you’ll deal with it!
We have started planning our
Christmas Holidays, a scuba diving course on Utila - one of the bay Islands in
the Carbbean, and a possible jaunt over to Guatemala! It’s hard to think that
this trip will mark our fifth month in Honduras…time really does go fast when
you’re having fun!
