Estoy en Honduras!!

Hola amigos!

I finally arrived in Tegucigalpa on Saturday afternoon! Luckily I happened to run into some other volunteers for NPH in the customs line, stumbled into a "currency exchange offficer" (aka an old man with a massive stack of bills who probably ripped me off), and the next thing I knew I was in a Honduran mall ordering food from some locals who were laughing at my spanish, and going to a grocery store to stock up on breakfast goods. I felt like I was on a game show: put 5 gringa girls in a Honduran market who have jet lag from hell, give them 20 minutes to find all the essentials and GO.

The voyage to the ranch was a crazy bumpy and inclined ride stemming from the city, but it was also an incredible glimpse in to the lives of locals: beyond impoverished, rundown and crumbling, but people are everywhere just talking, waiting for buses, carrying wood- similar to most central american countries. It was such an overwhelming and surreal first few hours, but one image in particular sticks out in my mind: a toddler standing barefoot in a gigantic heap of garbage, with a panoramic view of the city behind him.

Here are some fun facts about the ranch experience so far (I will update more specifics soon)
-we literally eat beans with every meal. (tonight was just beans, with a huge chunk of hard cheese)
-there are 8 new volunteers- 7 girls, 1 boy (but around 10 others already here!)
-we all live in a huge volunteer house, Casa San Vicente
-there is NO hot water (aka 5 second showers, with shampoo prepared in my hand before take off)

Buenas Noches!