This is La Union, and our pinc house from the outside! We had a visit from a little crazy lady today but Kate kindly asked her to exit, and eventually she did..thank goodness!
Showing posts with label lempira. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lempira. Show all posts
Saturday, 10 August 2013
La Union
Yesterday we left Gracias for the trip to La Union, our home for the next 10 months (give or take a few weekends off or holidays) We have developed a new skill during this trip, the supreme ability to pack and squash baggage for 6 people into the back and top of a pick up truck! Obviously a useful skill to have in Honduras
It was Molly's birthday yesterday and so we had hamburgers and cake at Jake's house which was really nice.. This is how Honduras traditionally cut cakes and in Jake's words 'I didn't say it made sense, I just said it was Honduran'
We have moved into our pink house and just in the process of decorating it with flags and pictures and general homely things.. will try and get photos of it asap, but as we only have wifi in the school it may be a few days for me and Kate to organise ourselves
This is La Union, and our pinc house from the outside! We had a visit from a little crazy lady today but Kate kindly asked her to exit, and eventually she did..thank goodness!
This is La Union, and our pinc house from the outside! We had a visit from a little crazy lady today but Kate kindly asked her to exit, and eventually she did..thank goodness!
Sunday, 4 August 2013
We've arrived!
We arrived on Friday evening after a long day of travelling. On the flight over from London to Houston I had the experience of being a trolly dolly/ (welsh) wagon dragon with Flight Master Jim who was a complete legend!
We were picked up from the airport by Jake and Rachel, two americans who work for Vida Abundante, and they took us to a hotel in San Pedro Sula for us to get some sleep!
In the morning we went to buy some water, with a grand total of 20 Lempiras, which is about 70p and came back with 5 bags of water AND CHANGE, which is slightly crazy, before the long drive to Gracias in Jake's pick up truck, with four of us girls in the back and bags, which was...interesting to say the least!
While in Gracias we're staying at a beautiful hotel called Hotel Guancastos, which is where you should all send letters too if you want to contact us :)
Today, so..sunday? (I have to keep checking) we went to a town called La Campa, and we took a Canopy Tour, and canopy is definitely the word to describe it! It was insanely amazing, and made better by the fact that there were 6 jumps, which cost us 500 Lempiras each, which, when you work it out costs £3 a jump! The prices here are ridiculous and will definitely take some getting used too, however none of us are complaining!
For anyone who wants to contact me, we're here in Gracias until friday (9th) and the hotel has a great internet connection, so just let me know if you want a chat! After that we will go with the other American teachers (who arrive in Gracias tomorrow for training) to our project in La Union!
The most important thing to mention of course is food, and so far, we have no complaints! Even the bananas are going down well, and my family will understand how big of a deal that is!
Over and out for now!
We were picked up from the airport by Jake and Rachel, two americans who work for Vida Abundante, and they took us to a hotel in San Pedro Sula for us to get some sleep!
In the morning we went to buy some water, with a grand total of 20 Lempiras, which is about 70p and came back with 5 bags of water AND CHANGE, which is slightly crazy, before the long drive to Gracias in Jake's pick up truck, with four of us girls in the back and bags, which was...interesting to say the least!
While in Gracias we're staying at a beautiful hotel called Hotel Guancastos, which is where you should all send letters too if you want to contact us :)
Today, so..sunday? (I have to keep checking) we went to a town called La Campa, and we took a Canopy Tour, and canopy is definitely the word to describe it! It was insanely amazing, and made better by the fact that there were 6 jumps, which cost us 500 Lempiras each, which, when you work it out costs £3 a jump! The prices here are ridiculous and will definitely take some getting used too, however none of us are complaining!
For anyone who wants to contact me, we're here in Gracias until friday (9th) and the hotel has a great internet connection, so just let me know if you want a chat! After that we will go with the other American teachers (who arrive in Gracias tomorrow for training) to our project in La Union!
The most important thing to mention of course is food, and so far, we have no complaints! Even the bananas are going down well, and my family will understand how big of a deal that is!
Over and out for now!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)