Wednesday, May 1st

Here is a catch up of the last couple days. May 1st was Honduras labor day or workers day so we didn't get our internet back until Friday so I haven't been able to keep up with posting everyday. On Wednesday May 1st, we headed to Boston's Logan Airport at 6:00 a.m. and checked in for our flight that left at 8:00 a.m. Our flight stopped over in Miami where we got Cuban pulled pork sandwiches and waited for our next flight to San Pedro Sula. We landed in San Pedro at about 1:15 and was surprised that the area was completely rural. We later found out that the airport is outside of San Pedro Sula and in a little town called La Lima. The airport was surrounded by farmland and people riding horses and tons and tons of cows. The bus situation was quite confusing but we ended up figuring it out. We took a shuttle bus to the Hedman Alas bus terminal, where we waited for our bus ride at 3:20 to La Ceiba. The bus ride to La Ceiba took 3 hours and was basically a straight shot on one road, it seemed like forever. On the road we passed lots of little tin shack houses and lots of farm lands with many different kinds of animals such as cows, goats, pigs, horses, and chickens. It was amazing the beauty of the landscape with the mountains and greenery but it is shocking  the condition that so many of the people live in. When we got off the bus it was 99 degrees out. So hot. Cristy( volunteer housing manager) picked us up from the bus terminal in Ceiba at 6:30 and took us back to the volunteer housing that we will be staying in for the next three weeks. The volunteer housing is very nice with a closed in patio, a kitchen, a living room, and seven bedrooms. After we dropped our stuff off at the housing Cristy took us to the supermarket to get some food to cook for breakfast the next day We got eggs (huevos), tortillas, apples (manzanas), onions(cebollas), avocados (aguacates) and some stuff to drink. The neighborhood that the volunteer housing is located in is El Sauce which is in walking distance to many different places including the megamall plaza, el centro, many restaurants, and the grocery store. After we got back from the store,we settled into our room and went to bed. An interesting thing here is that the water is shut off from the hours of 10:00 P.M. until 5:00 A.M to conserve water. That means that nothing works including the toilet, shower, and sinks. Also the water here is only cold water but it doesn't make a difference because it is so hot here that all you want is a nice cold shower. Also we have cockroaches and lizard looking animals here. Overall we had a pretty easy travel day with no major problems.