The street our host family's house was on.
The same street, looking the other way. We took this road up the mountain one day and were surprised by the quick change from middle class houses to extremely poor clay homes.
Another typical street in Copan.
A toucan in Copan's beautiful tropical bird sanctuary.
Our new friend, Eric Shultz, talking to the birds.
More touristy bird shots.
The president leading the Independence Day parades. The streets were packed with school children who paraded on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The corn maiden.
Dulce Maria, our cute-as-can-be host sister, is on the right. She attends the bilingual school in Copan, and had the honor of holding one of the school's banners.
Dulce Maria; Ernesto, our host father; and Amanda at the Saturday parades.
The Guacamaya Language Institute.
The goose in our back yard. At night, when the roosters were screaming away, the goose would get into the action with her sad-sounding honks. We called her Honker.
Ben Beachy, our first visitor, surprised us our second weekend in Honduras.
Dulce Maria on our beloved study hammock.
A women's weaving cooperative located in the mountains outside Copan. We took horses up to a village where La Pintada -- descendants of the Mayans -- live and work. One of the horses kicked Amanda on the way up. She wasn't happy. Neither was Amanda.
One of the girls at La Pintada wearing my sunglasses.
A typical afternoon of studying in our room. We studied a ton. It was great.
The temple at the beginning of the Mayan ruins in Copan. They are spectacular, but unfortunately our memory card filled up so we didn't get many photos. They got bigger later.
Andrew and Karla, his language teacher, out in the garden. Classes were from 8 to 12 every morning with a break of at least half an hour in the middle.
Amanda with Nelly, her teacher. Sometimes she gets frustrated.
Amanda, Eric, and Andrew, outside of the school on our last day. Somehow Andrew and Eric always dressed the same.
The teachers: Luis, Julia, Karla, Enrique, Nelly
The fam: Ernesto, Sarah, Dulce Maria. Not pictured, Sonia, the 22-year-old daughter.
2 comments:
Awesome! This is great. It really helps to be able to picture where somebody is at when you think about them.
When can I come visit?!
when i come to visit, let's do this bird thing.
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