Arriving!

After 23 hours of travelling, customs, ridiculous American security and plane food we have arrived in the beautiful country of Honduras!
I have to say, even though I've only been in the country for 2 days, I love it! It's vibrant, cheerful and welcoming. Not at all what I expected from the murder capital of the world..
Arriving at night was a blessing as the heat is intense and sticky. The 16 of us headed to various places, 10 to a b&b and the others onwards to their projects. We all promised to meet up once we've settled and got some free time, there is so much diversity in Honduras and we all want to experience as much as we can.
From the b&b the next morning we were picked up by Tato, a teacher at the school and taken to meet the principle and her husband (conchita and dr alan) where we ate lunch at pizza hut of all places! Something tells me this was our last western style meal for a while..
We then made out way to Trinidad, along the roads full of potholes that would fit a person or two, drivers who overtake anywhere and casual driving in the middle of the road, we survived!
Trinidad was not what I expected, although I'm not sure what I expected. It's a small town of 6thousand nestled in the mountains, surrounded by coffee and banana plantations. Colourful houses fill the cobbled streets and little mototaxi (motorbike taxis) drive madly around the town.
We were surprised and confused to learn that we were no longer staying with a family but fending for ourselves in a small apartment, this suits us better as we have our own space! Pero es muy,muy pequeño..

Our first meal was frijoles ( beans but not as we know them), plantanos (a large fried banana with sugar to go with the beans), tortilla, papa ( a kind of hash brown) and of course huevos (egg - a single fried egg; my worst nightmare! Although I soldiered on and ate said egg, hating every mouthful..). It was an interesting mix but enjoyable.

Our apartment now looks homely, with a Scotland flag table cloth and each of us with a picture wall of family and friends. Much better, although our wardrobe is in the kitchen.. But it's home!

We visited the school, and were welcomed to a chorus of 'welcome to Honduras, we hope you enjoy our country'. It was amazing, everyone was so happy that we were there to teach them and learn about their culture, it was almost breathtaking and very surreal. We introduced ourselves to the children, Mali having a pronounceable name was well loved, I on the other hand was known as 'other miss' until the name 'miss Kate' was adopted. I am now as loved as Mali.

Avocado is awesome!! So far the best fruit I've had in my 2 days in Honduras. So fresh, creamy and just damn yummy. Mali and I have so far purchased and pretty much devoured a bag..

From Avocado to toilets; not something you do everyday. Our toilet, well, does not function as one should. It has in fact decided to stop working all together. So we have come to the conclusion that peeing in the shower and pooing at school is the best way forward until said problem is fixed. Toilets are overrated anyway.

We will keep you updated on the progression of our toilet problem!