Three Months In

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!