3rd day in San Pedro Sula

While we've been waiting in San Pedro Sula for our last student team member to arrive, we've had a bit of fun. The days have been getting better and better in Honduras. Yesterday we went to a Latin American carnival. It was very interesting and quite family oriented - kinda like a mini version of the North Carolina state fair. I did the bumper cars, the Ferris wheel - where you could see all of the Pizza Huts, Burger Kings, and city lights lit up. It was quite a sight. I also did a spinning cars ride that left me a bit dizzy and disoriented. It was great. Melody tried an interesting looking corn dish that had some "salsa negra" sauce on it - kinda a mix between mayo and ketchup and colored black. I had some "plátanos fritos" - some fried plantains, which were very good. And the best part of the trip thusfar was today. We went to a nice "Expresso Americano" nearby our hostel and I had a capuccino and a Coco cookie while we talked over all the documents we have been preparing this year. I could tell that the level of excitement definitely rose during this discussion - not only for me but for everyone. Melody and Adrian had the chance to explain their lesson plan ideas to Heather, and I had the chance to explain the overarching goals and ideas to everyone and go through each page of our documents. Heather told us more about how the school structure works in the communities. :) This was great. Then we walked about 10 blocks and found an amazing and humongous supermarket. I was thrilled to find that they had Kashi GoLean Crunch and organic whole wheat penne pasta and some organic mac & cheese too. :) I'm so excited for this healthy food. I also picked up some more bananas - they taste wonderful here and I believe are a bit sweeter and with a richer banana flavor than in the US. Today we'll pick up Akul since his plain arrives at 6:30 and then we'll head straight to La Ceiba and our guest home where we'll be staying for 5 weeks. I'm excited to finally jump into the project and to have a good orientation week. :)