We're staying the night at Tim's house in San Pedro Sula, and tomorrow we'll head off for the Fittz's. San Pedro is the economic capital of the country. In the evening, the population is 800,000 and during the day is at 1.5 million. It's full of maquilas (assembly plants). Most of which make clothing. Mark said the conditions in the plants are better than you'd expect - they aren't as bad as sweat shops. The city was an interesting combination of fancy furniture stores, large mansions, and run down shops and houses. All of the homes are walled in with barbed wire or electric wire around the top. Apparently, Hondurans consider it a personal failure to protect your family if your house gets broken into. Tim's house is really neat! Check out the pics to see what I mean.
So anyway, after leaving the airport, we went to Pollo Campanero (Country Chicken). It's a fast food place serving mainly fried chicken. I'm told that this chain has made it to Dallas and other Texas cities. Lunch was good, then we had a siesta at Tim's. Let me tell you, it was HOT! Trying to sleep through the heat wasn't easy, but eventually sleep takes you. I was sweating all through our nap, but it was still great!
After siesta, we had made an addition to our group. Jason from Pennsylvania flew in a little later than us. Waking up, it was about 6 pm, so we headed to the City Mall for dinner. This mall was huge and very pretty with a great cultural flair. We ate at Paseo Universital and had a taco and pupusas. Pupusas remind me of the tortillas on a chalupa at Taco Bell - essentially it is a thick tortilla. Check out the pictures for some more details. Dessert was a Granita Caramel from Esspresso Americano which, I'm told, is the Honduran's version of a Starbucks. We visited the grocery store, and then came home.
We finished up the evening with talk of what we'll be doing (which sounds so exciting might I add) and some hymns and praise songs. Today was a great first day, and I can't wait for tomorrow!
Buenas noches!
Allie
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1 comment:
mmmmmmm..... give me some of those pupusas! They look delicious!! Maybe, Matt, if you eat enough of those you could put on a couple of libras! :) Hey, since Pastor Nathan's piano is currently dressed up as a whale, we had choir practice last night in his SS Clasroom. We had ice cream floats and then sang to him playing the keyboard. It was fun!! Hope you guys are having an awesome day.
Love,
Lisa
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