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Hicks From the Sticks
“Tengo miedo,” she said. I’m scared. The second-year high school student stood before the escalator at the Cascadas Mall. She had never seen an escalator and hesitated putting her foot onto the upwardly moving step. Many of the students at the Instituto Lorenzo Cervantes are from rural aldeas (villages) that have few services or amenities (no running water, paved streets, stores). My contraparte Ana, the Profe Guadalupe, and myself chaperoned thirty alumnos to Tegucigalpa’s Museo de la Historia de Honduras last Saturday. Tegus, the capital city of more than one million inhabitants, contains many wonders, the fabulous museum being one. Although prohibited from taking pictures in most exhibits, especially the mixographs of Mexican artist Tamaya, we were allowed a little freedom. Afterward we went to the mall for lunch and shopping. The kids had a great day. I had a great day. I love my job!
25. May 2010 at 17:20
Hi Fortunato;
Really have been enjoying your posts. “Hicks From The Sticks”, “Medical Brigade”, “A Day In Prison”, “Dia de Las Madres” etc. etc. Always looking for your latest. Hope you are saving them. They give a good picture of what PCVs are all about.
Keep well.
Joe Maina
28. May 2010 at 18:03
I love your job too.
28. May 2010 at 18:10
Thank you for posting the pictures…such beautiful beautiful people.
5. June 2010 at 06:01
Hola,
I just read the first 6 months or so of your Peace Corps experience and I want to say thank you for sharing. I will be departing June 22, 2010 and hope to meet you during my service. Your blog has really helped as I prepare myself for my own experience. If possible, let’s stay in touch.
Gracias,
Monica
5. June 2010 at 23:41
My daughter Teresa, friend Joe, and new Peace Corps Aspirante Monica, thank you for sharing with me the most satisfying adventure on which I have embarked. I expect to have more adventures and will dutifully write about them in this space for everyone to share with me the wonder of integrating oneself into a foreign culture that is really not different from our own. Basic human kindness transcends all barriers.