Today was one of the craziest days of my life. I’ve had the coolest, most awkward, and nerve racking experiences all in one day. To start, Last night I slept in Chris, greg and Juice’s house on my sweet couch then proceeded to wake up at 3:50 (1:50 honduran time) to go to the airport. Flighs went well but when we arrived customs didn't let phannie into Honduras because she didn’t have a visa and she was from Haiti. It was crazy. She ended up crossing through customs a couple hours after the group after Pablo got a note from the university.
We had a short meeting with our group as Pablo very sketchily told us what our evening was going to look like and then gave us our phones. I was picked up my my Host mom and she said a ton of stuff I didn’t understand and was like follow me. So I lugged my 2 huge 50 lb duffels up a couple flights of stairs as tons of Hondurans stared at me cause I’m the tallest person in this country. Then we found the jankiest taxi you could ever imagine that couldn't even fit my bags in the trunk but he said they wouldn’t fall out and we decided to trust him trunk a blazin wide open. The driving here is insane. I honestly thought I was going to lose my life probly like 10 times today. (Mari I would take your permit driving any day over this haha.) people take taxis everywhere. I rode in 3 taxis today. I came to my house and unpacked and met the daughter (Dasdne) in the family who is really cool and then gave my family their gifts. After a while talking which I thought I was comprehending they were like vamos, and I had no idea we were leaving. We went grocery shopping where I was introduced to about 10 new vegetables I didn’t know existed haha. Then we went out to dinner and I had the most amazing Honduran food ever. It was fantastico. We carried groceries a long way back to our house and now I’m chilling here. The house I’m staying in isn’t as nice as I had expected but I’m totally content and I know it will help me appreciate things back home more. The females are trying to come up with a nickname for me because no one else can pronounce my name. Oh, also I totally lost the phone we got today. No idea where it went I’m conviced that our taxi driver sniped it out of the box or I left it at the university.
It’s weird not knowing what anyting is called and asking people to repeat everything. I feel very dumb and frustrated. But, this family is super nice about everything and I cant wait for tomorrow. I love all of you back home!
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