Macaws and Mayans, Together at Last in Copan

Written by Kyle about Honduras. Feelin' happy

Just over the southern Guatemalan border (about 10 km to be exact) are the Mayan ruins of Copan. Since this is our 5th ruined site (pun intended), we definately now have a barometer to measure the awesomness of various places.

So, what makes Copan so compelling? Well, there's no huge structures like Palenque or Tikal and the setting is not dramatic like Monte Albán. What Copan has, though, are well preserved and restored reliefs and sculpures. While most of the other sites have lost their intricacies to the elements, Copan has retained them. These intricacies, combined with what we saw at other sites, gives us a pretty unique view as to what most of these Mayan cities must have looked like.

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Party Honduras Style

Written by Kyle about Honduras. Feelin' amused

Well, we've been in Honduras for only a week, but already we've been to a couple of Honduran parties. Well, ok, in all fairness one was a festival and one was more like a get-to-gether, but they are both party-like. Besides, Festival Honduras Style is not a very good title.

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What Honduras Taught Me

Written by Bessie about Honduras. Feelin' thoughtful

We lived up in the mountains of Honduras for 10 days with a family that had their share of complications, as does any family, and they gave us a true experience of life in Honduras. I say lived because it's more than a visit or a vacation when you start to know locals biking down the street, you eat home-cooked meals everyday, and you take a bucket shower. We came to Pinalejo, Honduras so Kyle could do some web design and I could lend a hand to a very worthy cause, the Fellow Man International clinic, and we got a true experience of life in Honduras.

(Bessie with Honduran host mom)

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Battle of the Jobs

Written by Kyle about Honduras. Feelin' thoughtful

For the past week, I have been working in Pinalejo, Honduras, near the Guatemalan / Honduras border updating the web site for Fellow Man International. While the work is the same in a broad sense as it was in Chicago (making web sites), there are very little similarities. If you are wondering how it compares to working in Chicago, well, here you go, I outlined it all for you.

1. Commute

In Chicago, my commute was typically a 45 minute trip in a bumpy CTA El or Bus. At rush hour, the trains and busses were usually packed with people with both making frequent stops to either a) pick up more people (bus) or b) wait for a signal (train).

Here in Honduras my commute is still a bumpy 45 minute trip, but it is usually in a 4-wheel drive vehicle up a dirt, mountain road. It is a little less crowded (especially when not transporting workers) and I can breathe in fresh air while looking at the great views.

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