Another week has quickly passed, although it feels like I´ve been here a month and known the other trainees for longer than that. I´m still in good health, although I got a flu shot for the first time in my life today and did not feel too fantastic for a while, but I think I´ve recovered. The exciting news of the day is that I´ve found out where I´ll be going for my volunteer visit, which is next Thurs-Saturday. I will be going to visit a Municipal Development volunteer (I´m a Health volunteer in case you didn´t know) in the departamento of Atlantido in a pueblo called El Porvenir. I won´t say much about this until after I get back, for now all I´ll say is that you should be jealous. My site is probably one of the furthest that any of the trainees will be visiting (they say about a 6 hour bus ride, so I´m anticipating at least 7 or 8), but it is right on the Mosquito coast (it´s called that because of the indigenous group that lives there called the Mosquitos, not because of the insect...) which is also known as the Caribbean. I´ll let you all know how that goes while all you in the US enjoy your cold weather, snow, etc.
As for this weekend, I don´t have any big plans other than probably hiking in the mountains and avoiding my house on Sunday (it´s intestine soup day). Tomorrow the Health project is going to a hospital in Tegucigalpa to learn about the Ministry of Health in the country, as well as visit the maternity ward, etc. It should be pretty interesting.
Other than that, I don´t have a whole lot to update. Our group started our malaria meds last week, so we´ve begun to compare details of the strange and vivid dreams that are a side-effect...I´ve already noticed a difference after taking them for a week, so I can´t imagine what it will be like when I´ve had it in my system for 2+ years!!
Love,
Anna
Oh yeah, I haven´t taken any pictures. For one, I don´t have a memory card yet for my camera and I also am just getting a feel for appropriate/safe times to take my camera out. I´ll try to post some soon, though, because it´s beautiful here
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i'm loving your detailed accounts of your life in Honduras thus far. Keep it up - and ignore your sisters inappropriate comments.
What a treat to read about your new life! I'm very impressed with what I've read so far. And to know that you are going to the Mosquito (spelled Moskito) by the natives) Coast! I checked it out and it is gorgeous. I agree with Molly about Cs comments.
Forgot about this in the first message. I agree with you about missing the intestine soup days. When I was working in Oakland in the mid-80s, there was a pot-luck lunch shortly after I arrived. Things like collard greens, hush puppies, corn bread, and other items were plentiful. One item, chitlins (really spelled chitterlings) were in full view - one version cooked in a spicy tomato sauce, the other crispy fried. So I took a taste of each, gulped them down and then learned what I was eating - intestines! I somehow managed to force my brain into not trying to figure out the whole preparation process, especially the cleaning of same items. Moving back to Salinas, I learned about menudo, a common soup said to be a cure for a hangover. Tripe is involved, stomach....... And Aunt Marjorie Wright learned to cook scrambled eggs and brains with black eyed peas for her Oklahoma husband after she was married. I'm sure there are worse food items but I'm just not a Survivor fan. Glad your family is so good about your being a vegetarian.
Oh yeah? Well, when I was in Por Venir we used to take..............
gotta go, more later..
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