We have arrived safely in Siguatepeque. It has been a long few days of travel. Friday morning we seperated from the group and stayed at a house in Guatemala City that was very nice. The seperation went well except a small miscommuncation about the time we were supposed to be picked up at the airport but after waiting awhile I was able to use the phone number for the language school to get that sorted out. Our bus for Tegucigalpa (honduras) left at 530 in the morning and arrived in Tegucigalpa at 6pm (with an hour stop in El Salvador) this was uneventful and the borders were fine. When we arrived in Tegucigalpa it was immediately apparent that the city is more dangerous than those in guatemala, but we were fine and got a taxi with a friend we made during the bus ride (Danielle she is from Spokane and volunteering with another organziation). The hotel that had been recommended to us was in a pretty sketch part of town so we just got a room at the same hotel she was going to. this worked out great cause then we went out with the other volunteers from her group (all 5 of them are a few years out of college) and watched the US vs.. Honduras soccer game (US lost 3 - 1 whcih is probably for the best given that there was some hostility in the restaurant we were watching it at).
This morning we bused to Siguatepeque from Tegucigalpa and are now staying at a very nice place here (the director of the scripture unions house). Tomorrow morning we are going to Aldea Global at 7am to start our internship!
This town is a very different and smaller town feel than the other places we have stayed (but apparently it is bigger and more modern than it was even a few years ago). We had lunch at the church of our host parents, which was very nice since we had not eaten since yesterday.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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