Monthly Archives: March 2014

¡Mudanza Ya! 22 Marzo 2014

¡Mudanza Ya!  22 Marzo 2014 003¡Mudanza Ya!  22 Marzo 2014 004¡Mudanza Ya!  22 Marzo 2014 005¡Mudanza Ya!  22 Marzo 2014 006¡Mudanza Ya!  22 Marzo 2014 007¡Mudanza Ya!  22 Marzo 2014 009 There will always be technical problems opening a new building for habitation. A few still need to be resolved but the children are finally moving into their new home. This is the first load. There will be many more. I will be leaving my pickup truck with Sister Edith when I leave May 3rd for Seattle; in five weeks. My step-sider is my donation to the Fundación Señor San José. Meanwhile we’ll keep moving stuff and the buildings’ operating problems will be addressed. In Seattle I will take my 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid out of storage where it’s been for five years. It’s got 15,000 miles on the odometer. When I leave Seattle on a cross-country trip points south and east visiting numerous family en route my last stop will be Houston, Tejas where my Honda will board a ship for transport to Honduras. Me and my Honda will finally be home the middle of June. It will have been a long journey: Literally and figuratively.

Driving in Honduras

Do not drive at night. Reasons: potholes; bandits; livestock. Honduras has a fairly extensive network of paved roads that connect the major cities. But the country has no organized maintenance of those roads. On my recent trip from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba on the main two-lane road that skirts the Caribbean out of sight of the water except for Tela, the highway is so full of potholes that one must be on constant alert to avoid severe damage to one’s vehicle. Then there’s the danger of cars from the opposite direction swerving into your lane avoiding potholes so that one must be on constant alert to avoid the potholes and swerving vehicles. And the potholes are often not small. One I avoided was a meter across and half a meter deep. Livestock often wander free feeding on the grass at the side of the road. They have been known to cross the roadway to feed on the other side. Bandits are more prevalent nights. There are no police on the roadways, day or night. It is literally every person for theirselves. Be safe. Travel by day and keep your eyes wide open. The scenery is beautiful.