La Paz

Ok again this is not my picture... uploading pictures is coming soon, I just enjoy keeping you all in anticipation.

But, I thought that you deserved to see the beautiful church here in La Paz. Just in front of the church there is also a beautiful park and town square. The park was actually funded by a grant that a Peace Corps volunteer found for the city a few years ago. It is a great place to run in the mornings and to walk around at night. 

This picture does a great job at capturing the beauty of La Paz, but you need those heat lines emanating from the building to really get a sense of the city. Some days here I feel like my shoes might melt on the road. Thank goodness my dad here sells ice cream and popsicles! 

Comida China

Chinese food in Honduras should not happen. End of blog post.

For some reason Chinese Food, ok fried rice and “Chop Suey,” are a mainstay in the Honduran household. I mean I understand why they enjoy those foods, it gives them another reason to fry carbs. But, I do not know how it became so popular and how I can let my family know kindly that I cannot stand their version of Chinese Food.

Platos Tipicos… keep them coming.

(not my picture because if it was there would not be anything green and it would have hunks of bologna in it)

Sidewalks in Hondu

Every time I walk down the street in Honduras I feel like I am spurlunking- over, under, across all sorts of obstacles- there was definitely no forethought in their design. I guess I am hypersensitive to the condition and quantity of sidewalks in any given city because I am always thinking “Could I push my mom’s wheelchair here?” The answer in about 95% of the cities and towns in Honduras would be NO.

Each morning I am faced with the question, “Should I walk on the 6 inch sidewalk, over piles of burning trash, that at any moment could end or have a 8 foot holes for apparently no reason? Or should I walk in the street, where cars drive 90 mph and cannot see pedestrians, dogs, or other cars that might be in their path?” Because there is no clear choice I am stuck with a hybrid obstacle avoidance technique. I start off in whichever path has less immediate obstacles, then I continue on that path until something major deters me and I switch. In a 5minute walk I will change from street to sidewalk about 6 times, on average, I am keeping some pretty impressive stats.

Sometimes I try to watch how Hondurans walk down the streets, but they always seem to stop and talk with someone every 20 feet and so I cannot detect their path decision-making. The one thing about the sidewalks is that they keep the same walk interesting day after day because you are never quite sure what you might encounter.