First off, I'd like to issue a warm and delayed apology for not keeping up on this blog at all during the school year. In the past, this blog has mostly documented travel, experiences, etc. In the future I'm going to continue with the same theme, as well as add a variety of articles about current issues, experiences, and causes that I support.
Honduras, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia
I'm spending 2 months this summer traveling between those four countries, pursuing three main goals:
- Vastly improve my Spanish
- Learn more about Latin American culture and sights through traveling.
- Celebrate graduation from college in a grand manner.
I'll be spending a month in Honduras with Alissa (my girlfriend of 2+ years) living with a host family and taking 20 hours of Spanish lessons per week. (4 hours per day, 8:00am-Noon). At the end of June, I will fly to Lima, Peru and spend a month exploring the wonders of the Andes and the Amazon with my friends Aaron Morris and Nick Etzel.
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| No, this is neither Aaron or Nick. |
But That's Not All...
If you are counting the day correctly, you know that the fun has already begun. On Wednesday I left the states for the continuously muggy land of Honduras (which is actually quite a nice place). Since then Alissa and I have been making friends with other travelers (A wonderful man named Mark from Germany, who is traveling form Antarctica through South and Central America up to Mexico.), exploring Mayan Ruins (below), meeting locals at a nearby German Restaurant, and starting Spanish School.
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| Standing on a building built in 700 AD. Not too shabby. |
Copan, Copan, Copan!
All of this is happening in the quaint but endlessly charming Honduran city of Copan Ruinas. It's charm exudes from cobblestone streets, the cowboys hats of residents, and the nearby shops offering handmade local crafts.
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| Courtesy of Mark Schaller, a wonderful German Man. |
When not studying Spanish or exploring the city, I've been playing cribbage with Alissa, trying my hand at writing poems, stories, quotes, songs, and attempting to think of wildly successful business ideas.
I'll be writing again soon to talk about the changes I'm making to the blog, as well as giving updates on life in Copan.
With love from Honduras,
Kurt