20 points to anyone who knows where the title comes from :) I put it because I did something this last week that isn't usually on my top ten list of things to do... I went to the beach. (I know, I know, hear me out!) Here's why I don't particularly love the beach- it's really hot and I hate sweating all day, it's really sunny and my skin can handle maybe 15 minutes before it shrivels up and dies, I'm not really the best swimmer so being in water where I can't touch freaks me out a little bit, and the saltiness just isn't my favorite either.
However, we had a five day vacation and wanted to go somewhere that we might not be able to go on one of our three-day weekends later in the year so we chose TRUJILLO! Trujillo is a beach town right on the Pacific Ocean. You can see the Bay Islands from the shore if you're up high enough.
We left after school on Tuesday and spent the night in San Pedro in a hostel. Wednesday we got up super early and took the 6 am bus to Trujillo. We got there about noon and got comfortable in the Casa Kiwi. Casa Kiwi is a hotel that's actually just outside the town of Trujillo so we basically had the place to ourselves- including the beach :) The place had a hammock hut (which we frequented daily with our books) and a pretty lax atmosphere. I actually had a pretty nice time sitting on the beach (lathered in sunscreen), reading and sipping sodas, talking with the other teachers (Shelly, Catelin, Jennifer, Maggie, and Tyler all came along), and hanging out with the hotel staff.
We visited the town of Trujillo and ate at a few seafood restaurants (one day it took two hours to get our food so we didn't have time to do much else. super annoying.) We also visited a Garifuna village and bought some jewelry and pottery. The Garifuna community is the community here in Honduras that are descendants of the African slaves. They have their own separate communities, language and customs. It's pretty cool to experience.
Another MAJOR highlight was snorkeling. We took about a 30 minute boat ride out to the middle of the ocean and we got out and swam all around the coral. I've never done anything like that before so it was pretty cool. I'll try to find some pictures of the fish I saw since I don't have an underwater camera :)
Anyway, it was a great way to relax and enjoy time with my friends. We saw some amazing sunsets and had some amazing conversations. I think I can handle the beach :)
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I like my sugar sweet!
ReplyDeleteBut jumping queues and making haste....
I knew the Pacific Ocean was big, but my goodness, it stretches all the way to the East coast of Honduras. That blows my mind... :)
ReplyDeletebut either way, jealous that you went. i hope you didn't have to stand in line at a bank for 2.5 hours...
Dear Laura BEth: We just got back from visiting Thelma, grandpa's sister. We enjoyed having tea and snack with her. On the way down we drove in a down pour and on the we home we drove in sunshine. The weather has been very wet around here. I think it rained everday this past week. However the forcast is promising us nice weather, which the farmers need to do their harvesting.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to re-read your informative blog. Good to hear that you are having various types of exerience while you are in Hondorus. I don't like water either, in fact i'm fearful of even going on a boat.
Today we also got to see the pictures on facebook, which were taken last week when Tim, Sherry, Eric, Kyla and Clayton were here. Very nice. They made an effort to come to have four generation pictures taken. Our visit was short but very nice. It made our day.
There is a musical program in one of the churches here tonight--Brown family from Lemars entertaing. I plan to go. I have heard them before. They do put on a good program. So I better sign off. Love grandma