TRINEA CRAFTON writes:
We traveled all day by bus from San Pedro Sula down to Copan, which is on the southwest coast of Honduras. It was so crazy to see firsthand how such a beautiful country could be so poor! It’s so sad!
We drove along the countryside seeing the real Honduras and it was unreal! There were little children walking with piles of sticks on their backs, shacks on the sides of the roads, and people bathing in streams. It was nothing I have ever seen before ever!
The landscape is so green with mountains in the sky, but the people live off nothing. They don’t have doors or beds. They mostly sleep on hammocks, and the shacks are the size of (maybe) one bedroom. They are clumped together, and I’m sure there are several families that stay near each other.
Livestock roam the streets and the roads have no lines, so there are no traffic laws to follow. So basically a few of us got car sick as our driver drove like a madman, racing in between cars, people, and trucks!
It's so sad how much we take for granted, things we would never even imagine. We have wireless internet but only one person can be one at a time so even if all 11 of us have computers, really only one person has access to the Internet at a time. (Not ideal for journalists in Honduras.) We are not able to drink the tap water, which is similar to Mexico. And hot water for showers is not regular, so the shower last night was freezing! It’s almost tempting to not shower after an experience of ice cold water, even on my legs. Burr!
Tomorrow we are going to the Mayan Ruins, and we are so excited to see that!
Trinea Crafton is an undergraduate journalism student.