Little Heart Keeps Beating…
Here’s another update from Mary about Edwin. Again, he’s the little boy who is one of several that benefited from the more than $1,000 raised by my friends, my family and myself. Edwin recently received heart surgery in Honduras and a portion of our donation helped provide his lodging and transportation. Edwin is doing great. [...]
Donation Update
Last September many of my friends and several family members came together to contribute money toward a great effort that aims to give some of the poorest in Honduras a better life. I just received an update from those who accepted the donation: Billy and Mary Collins. The more than $1,000 raised helped one family [...]
Many Cities Did She Visit…
Continued from “With a Ticket to Central America…” The culture and art I was so sorely missing in San Pedro Sula, Honduras abounded in Antigua, Guatemala. Even before I arrived, I could feel the buzz of Antigua’s creative energy. On the ten hour bus ride I had unearthed an Antigua area guide. It was filled [...]
With a Ticket to Central America…
Continued from “Who Traveled Far and Wide…” I’ve used “the L-word” just once before with a man. With that man, though, the L-word couldn’t even be. Before and after that one moment, I would jump, shirk, and cringe and the mention of “the L-word” with another man. Not with Michael. With Michael, “I love you” [...]
Exotic Animals and Ag in Honduras
More pics from Honduras August 2008. Click here to view the entire Flickr album.
Who Traveled Far and Wide…
Continued from “Of that Impulsive Lass…” The next morning Michael dropped me off at the bus terminal so I could catch a bus back to La Cieba, back to the white water rafting and cliff jumping adventures at Jungle River Lodge. This would be my third trip to the lodge (though first one on this [...]
Of that Impulsive Lass…
Continued from “Tell me, O muse…” In all honesty, although Michael had caught much of my attention, I wasn’t expecting too much. I had plans for Honduras and they didn’t include staying in SPS for too much longer. But, Michael was a go-get(her)… The next day Michael came and picked me up for our lunch [...]
Tell me, O muse…
Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted… (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 1) Tell me, O muse, of that impulsive lass who traveled [...]
Montuca Photo Shoot
Montuca was impressed with the pics I snapped at their concert a couple weeks ago. So they asked me to do a photo shoot with them. More pro bono work. Experience was good. But Laura needs to get paid!! Background was uncontrolled unfortunately in this shoot. I advised them to be aware of that the [...]
Romance Buds in Copan Ruinas
Copan Ruinas is really where it all began. Simple flirting turned into full blown romance at this wonderful and charming little village tucked away in the mountains in northern Honduras. All good things come to an end… sigh. For more compelling descriptions of Copan see my previous posts about the village by clicking here. Click [...]
Fleeing to Lago de Yojoa
Pics from the oasis of bliss amidst a falling apart romance. I fled to Lago de Yojoa and Michael came to get me and woo me back. Unfortunately, we were rocky again a couple days later. But, there was a moment at the Lake with Michael that was among the best. Click here to see [...]
Montuca Sound System
Check out some Montuca Sound System music. Click link below to listen: montuca-sound-system-welcome-to-san-pedro
In Too Deep… Deep Love, Deep Diving!
Too much time has passed and too much has happened over my blogging absence to give the typical, LMAC “novel” account of everything. So, in attempt to give everyone a glimpse of what I’ve experienced so far, I’m just going to bullet list them and follow the list with applicable pics and vids. * Carlos [...]
Midnight Serenade
*My words fail to paint the picture of a memory from San Pedro Sula that’s locked in my heart forever* The rain pitters softly in the still darkness Slowly soaking a city that’s still struggling to be In a world where people are still struggling to live But I’m inside, here, calm and still with [...]
Massive Devastation
Honduras is experiencing a tremendous amount of flooding right now. I have a friend who lives in a city (La Lima) that is entirely flooded. Thousands throughout the country have lost their homes and everything they own to the floods. Nearly every part of the country is being affected by the constant rain. Click here [...]
Donation Helps Save a Blue Baby
Well I couldn’t have imagined a more precious cause for everyone’s donation. Part of the donation will go towards the transportation and small medical costs necessary for a 7-month-old Chortí infant to receive heart surgery. Through Samaritan’s Purse, the expensive operation will cost just 1,000 Lempiras, or about $50, for this Chortí child who suffers [...]
Murky Mangroves
The last post from my previous Honduras trip was a video of some of my adventure at Jungle River Lodge. I have much more to elaborate from my stay there: spending 2 awesome nights there before heading out on a little excursion with fellow couchsurfer Kat, then returning for a few more nights. For now [...]
Fishing for a Better Standard of Living
Here’s a novel idea when running a business that manages more than a thousand employees: “We try to do basically everything to make them feel they are like partners not workers. Everybody is on bonus system, everyone can basically gain more from the company’s success, so everybody feels like it’s their project. That’s the kind [...]
Please Donate to the Chorti Maya
I’m headed back to Honduras and I would love to give Billy Collins more money to use for all his amazing work with the Chorti Maya. So, if you feel so inclined, please donate! Thanks!! I wanted to use a nifty, little link to help you guys donate more easily, but it’s not working because [...]
Billy’s Story
Billy’s story really isn’t about Billy at all. Rather, it’s about the people he’s been working with nearly everyday for the past five years. Billy’s story is the story of the Chortí Maya, the direct descendants of the ancient Mayans. Billy describes them as Honduras’ “conquered people.” “They used to own all of this land [...]
Dreamin’ in the Moonlight
I slept just above these moonlit rushing rapids for a few blissful hours nearly every night during my stay at Jungle River Lodge. The Lodge is located about 25 km outside of La Ceiba, Honduras on the Rio Cangrejal. I’ll write more later when I get a chance. Right now, I’m working at the Farm [...]
Rafting the Rio Cangrejal
A few vids of my rafting trip! More about it to come!
Donate to the Chortí Maya
So the plan was to get this video up a lot sooner, while I was still in Copan Ruinas. I was going to encourage everyone to donate, even if it was as little as ten bucks. I have a PayPal account so all the donations could be accessibly almost immediately. Then I would write a [...]
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