Honduras

Welcome to my final blog and in my opinion, this is definitely the craziest thing that has ever happened to me.     It was very bizarre seeing Covid-19 slowly take over the other side of the world I wasn’t in, until it hit Honduras. Flossy and I were in our host brother’s hometown when we received the phone call to head back to the house immediately and (which was a 2 hour bus journey away) pack our bags as we were being sent home due to the pandemic. I began to cry as the pandemic became a reality and I was going to be leaving my host family and all of my students behind. I remember that whole journey back to our host family’s house Flossy and I just sobbed.   We told the news to our host mum, and she was very upset. We packed our things ready to go and then headed to church, wating for our lift. As soon as we left church, my host mum says, “oh no, the government have locked down the whole country, not allowing anyone to leave or enter the country for the foreseeable fut...

I read this quote today and it inspired me to write this blog post:   “the only adventure you regret is the one you didn’t take”   Sometimes I wonder how different my life would be if I didn’t take that leap of faith to go to Honduras. I wouldn’t have the best friends I have now; I wouldn’t be as educated in culture; and I believe I wouldn’t be as appreciative for everything.   During the Summer holidays whilst in Honduras I had the opportunity to further broaden my horizons and travel around Central America for two and a half months. Their holidays are middle November to beginning of February, so my friends and I wanted to make the most of living on that side of the world and take the bus around the continent!   Now, I could write a whole book on my travelling experience, so I am just going to highlight my favourite memories. First stop was Placencia, Belize. We had a few different stops in Belize and oh my goodness it is beautiful, and the locals are so lovely so w...