The 15 Youth Development trainees were sent off to visit a current volunteer last Sunday. A fellow trainee, Chris, and I were actually going to visit the same volunteer, Stacie, in El Nispero in the region of Santa Barbara. We had been told that we could take either the 7am or the 10:30am bus from Tegucigalpa to Santa Barbara. Against our better judgment, we decided to take the later bus. Well, we arrived early to the bus station to find out the schedule is different on Sunday and we missed the 8:30am bus and would have to wait until 2pm. The problem with that is the Peace Corps has told us this entire time that it is not safe to travel after 3pm. The head of PC Safety and Security gave us permission anyway and told us to take a taxi to the mall where we could wait safely and eat lunch because the bus station was not in a particularly nice neighborhood.
We made the 2:00 bus and enjoyed the very scenic 4 hour ride to Santa Barbara. Stacie met us in the little city and we ran into our next problem. The last bus to her little town which is an hour away left at 5:00. Luckily a PC Municipal Development volunteer lives right in the town and we were able to sleep on his floor that night. It was actually a lot of fun getting to meet him and hearing about all of their different experiences. But next time, we will definitely take the earliest bus.
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| Starting up the first mountain. |
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| Beautiful mountains the entire way. |
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| The only lake in Honduras! |
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| Pictures never do it justice. |
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| Me and Chris in the center park in the town of Santa Barbara! |
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| Sleeping on the floor. That's what happens when you miss the bus and have to crash at another volunteer's house. |
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