Tag Archives: Santa Maria del Real
Forcibly Removed
There has been a major development here in Olancho recently, some of you may have heard by now. It has created a whirlwind of events over the past 24 hours which will drastically change the remainder of my Peace Corps service. And it went like this: Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Anaversario hoy
I celebrated my one-year anniversary today by lying naked on the cool floor and making sweat angels on the tile. It is exactly as hot as I remember it being when I first arrived in Santa Maria del Real, a … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
The Vaccine Chronicles part I
It has come to my attention that many of my readers (and facebook friends) are under the impression that I on some kind of permanent vacation out here and all I do is traipse around various beaches developing nothing but … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Guest blog from mom
This weeks post is a guest blog from my mother. Here, she recounts our family trip across Honduras. In my opinion, we had a great time and I loved showing the fam my life here. I hope you enjoy her … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Casa, sweet Casa
Arrived back in Honduras two days ago. I had an amazing visit to the states and relished every minute of it. However people kept asking me “is it weird being back?” Eh. Hard to say. I remember walking into the ATL airport … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
I was cold for a week
Just got home yesterday from an insane two weeks of traveling and I can’t say enough how glad I am to be home in Real. Where to start… let’s see I was in Teguz for a stopover, then the next … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Tribute to Lempira
This past weekend was Santa Maria de Real’s annual celebration of the national holiday for the Indian Lempira, for whom the national currency is named. Today I learned that Lempira was a Lencan Indian Chief considered to be one of the … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Buildings in Real
I’ve been low on creative juice lately so I haven’t had anything of substance to update. This week has been exhausting and despite my commitment to my bloggie-blog, I simply haven’t been able to peck anything out worth of posting. Actually … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
I´m starting to see a pattern here
…and I don’t think I like it. This is the second Saturday in a row that we haven’t had power. All day. And no one else in the family seems at all phased by it. I think it happens every … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Now what do I do? part II
I guess I should tell you a little more about Rina, who is technically my counterpart and mentor. She is the one who has been assigned to take me under her wing, help me get acclimated and generally make sure … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
