I am in Honduras. The scenery is lush with prominent mountains outlining the land of banana trees and other harvested treasures. When leaving baggage claim I was greeted by a smiling young Honduran boy with a short mohawk (European style) neatly gelled to a point. He led me to a group of university students all eager to embark on our trip and wide-eyed at the green landscape that lies just through the sliding glass doors.
After taking care of logistics like exchanging dollars for lempira, I went on a hunt for food. Not out of hunger but out of curiosity. I found an express Honduran restaurant which is probably the Honduran version of fast food, and after waiting in line once with a friend and choosing not to order, I caught a glimpse of sweet plantains so of course despite the newly formed line I jumped back to the end to taste a scrumptious sweet plantain. I ended up just ordering a plantano mixto which is a dish with sweet plantains, thousand island-like mayo, cheese, and refried beans on the side. It was pretty daggone delicious. I especially recommend dipping the plaintain in refried beans and cheese.
Then all 50 of us jumped in a bus to head to our hotel. And here we are! We had dinner and orientation. It looks like the schedule is packed and we'll be working at either a children's home or school near El Progreso for 6 to 8 hours per day for 6 days. The last day we're taking some of the children to a beach nearby. I was told that this is a special treat because despite the close vicinity of the beach, the children don't usually know how to swim and rarely go to the beach. Also, there's a CAGE soccer (football) game planned for the volunteers to share the world's number one game with each other!
As far as my hotel room, I'm rooming with two other BU students. One was a partner in crime in winning the BU Amazing Race, woo woo! and my other roommate is a double major in geography and sociology! The other students staying in this hotel are from Boston College, Wakeforest, and UNC Greensboro. It's pretty comical because our room is located in a place where no one realizes we can hear everything they say. Let's just say we have some sly girls on this trip and some guys that have some mean gas problems.
That's my first day in Honduras and tomorrow is when we start the real adventure! Let's get ready for some hard work and meeting some more amazing people! "Onward, I say! Onward! Vamanos!"
After taking care of logistics like exchanging dollars for lempira, I went on a hunt for food. Not out of hunger but out of curiosity. I found an express Honduran restaurant which is probably the Honduran version of fast food, and after waiting in line once with a friend and choosing not to order, I caught a glimpse of sweet plantains so of course despite the newly formed line I jumped back to the end to taste a scrumptious sweet plantain. I ended up just ordering a plantano mixto which is a dish with sweet plantains, thousand island-like mayo, cheese, and refried beans on the side. It was pretty daggone delicious. I especially recommend dipping the plaintain in refried beans and cheese.
Then all 50 of us jumped in a bus to head to our hotel. And here we are! We had dinner and orientation. It looks like the schedule is packed and we'll be working at either a children's home or school near El Progreso for 6 to 8 hours per day for 6 days. The last day we're taking some of the children to a beach nearby. I was told that this is a special treat because despite the close vicinity of the beach, the children don't usually know how to swim and rarely go to the beach. Also, there's a CAGE soccer (football) game planned for the volunteers to share the world's number one game with each other!
As far as my hotel room, I'm rooming with two other BU students. One was a partner in crime in winning the BU Amazing Race, woo woo! and my other roommate is a double major in geography and sociology! The other students staying in this hotel are from Boston College, Wakeforest, and UNC Greensboro. It's pretty comical because our room is located in a place where no one realizes we can hear everything they say. Let's just say we have some sly girls on this trip and some guys that have some mean gas problems.
That's my first day in Honduras and tomorrow is when we start the real adventure! Let's get ready for some hard work and meeting some more amazing people! "Onward, I say! Onward! Vamanos!"
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