I had a big suprise when Kate and I decided to travel to the biggest lake in Honduras. As we turned up at our hotel, two of the other volunteers were sitting in the restaurant and came running up to us screaming. Then two others showed up and before we knew it we had a holiday of 6 of us.    We wanted to see the lake as soon as possible, so we hired a boat and attempted to sail it with two very heavy oars. After turning round in circles and virtually not movi...

For those who dont know, I've just turned 19 and I celebrated it the best way I could; by partying on a carribean island with five other great project trust volunteers. Luckily my birthday falls around the honduran independence day so kate and I were able to leave thursday afternoon for roatan, a small island off of honduras, and we came back wednesday morning. However, our greatest challenge was the travel. Being so far away from the coast, we had to travel to ...

The past two weeks have felt like a whole year's worth of school and no one warned me how crazy life would get once 200 students arrive at school. The first day both Kate and I were thrown straight in the deep end. The principle told us at 7.30 in the morning that I am teaching grades 4, 5 and 6 reading and spelling and Kate has all of grade 2's lessons. We had nothing prepared and have never really taught before; yet they still seemed to have faith in us. I sur...

I've now made it three weeks in Honduras with very little culture shock or home sickness. But I have had a tough week with tummy sickness and other stuff I wont go into detail. I'm feeling pretty much at home here in Catacamas as we are beginning to make friends and even being asked out places like church and the water park. We take every offer we can get as we tend to get a bit bored cooped up in the house, spending far too much time on the internet. So this we...

Today I woke up with a lizard on my face! But in other news, I am now in Catacamas where I will be spending twelve months living and working as a teacher. It's so weird to think this is now my home. But I am certainly not complaining, so far it's great! So first I'll tell you all about where Katy B and I are staying. From the outside it looks very dull and small, with grey walls, no windows and metal gates. But inside is a very different matter! I could go on f...