Dear friends and family,
I'm back safely with my host family in San Juan del Obispo, Guatemala, a day ahead of Hurricane Felix. We were evacuated from the island of Utila, Honduras and so I didn't get to finish my last two dives. However I did do four dives and successfully completed the PADI open water SCUBA diving training. I aced my final test and so I'm certified to go diving anywhere in the world up to depth of 18-meters (60 feet) or less. The night that I passed my test, I went out to celebrate with a friend and a pickup truck from the government was announcing in both Spanish and English that all tourists needed to evacuate the island the following morning if they wanted to leave the island before the hurricane. So the next morning most of us left on the 6 a.m. ferry and we headed inland six hours by bus to Copán, Honduras.
Copán is a lovely little town near some Mayan ruins. The next morning we woke up and while eating beans, tortillas, fried plantains, and coffee with lots of sugar, we heard that the hurricane was moving inland and was expected to hit Tegucigalpa (the capital city) that afternoon. So I quickly bought a bus ticket back to Guatemala and headed off to enjoy the ruins for a couple of hours before once again jumping on a bus.
Of course there's many more stories to tell, but I wanted you to know that I'm safe and sound after my two and a half week journey around Nicaragua and Honduras. By the time Felix hits Guatemala, hopefully it will just be a tropical storm instead of a category five hurricane. Please pray for all the people who couldn't leave.
You may have heard that I'm moving back to Humboldt County for at least the next little while. I will once again be working part-time for Disabled Student Services (DSPS) at College of the Redwoods, while I apply for graduate school. I hope to earn a master's degree in information and Library science. I will be arriving in Eureka/Arcata on Thursday, September 13.
I'm back safely with my host family in San Juan del Obispo, Guatemala, a day ahead of Hurricane Felix. We were evacuated from the island of Utila, Honduras and so I didn't get to finish my last two dives. However I did do four dives and successfully completed the PADI open water SCUBA diving training. I aced my final test and so I'm certified to go diving anywhere in the world up to depth of 18-meters (60 feet) or less. The night that I passed my test, I went out to celebrate with a friend and a pickup truck from the government was announcing in both Spanish and English that all tourists needed to evacuate the island the following morning if they wanted to leave the island before the hurricane. So the next morning most of us left on the 6 a.m. ferry and we headed inland six hours by bus to Copán, Honduras.
Copán is a lovely little town near some Mayan ruins. The next morning we woke up and while eating beans, tortillas, fried plantains, and coffee with lots of sugar, we heard that the hurricane was moving inland and was expected to hit Tegucigalpa (the capital city) that afternoon. So I quickly bought a bus ticket back to Guatemala and headed off to enjoy the ruins for a couple of hours before once again jumping on a bus.
Of course there's many more stories to tell, but I wanted you to know that I'm safe and sound after my two and a half week journey around Nicaragua and Honduras. By the time Felix hits Guatemala, hopefully it will just be a tropical storm instead of a category five hurricane. Please pray for all the people who couldn't leave.
You may have heard that I'm moving back to Humboldt County for at least the next little while. I will once again be working part-time for Disabled Student Services (DSPS) at College of the Redwoods, while I apply for graduate school. I hope to earn a master's degree in information and Library science. I will be arriving in Eureka/Arcata on Thursday, September 13.
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