Some other cultural notes/comments about Honduras:
- It’s a tradition to usually have soup on Sunday for lunch. They also think it’s bad to drink water (something cool) with your soup. So they thing North Americans are pretty strange.
- Hondurans are very worried about the climate change and how that affects one’s health. They say with the climate change, more people get sick, but to be honest I’m not sure yet if I believe this.
- They also say that if you head/hair is hot (ex: after working out), you need to cover it. Ex: I went to an aerobics class, and afterwards, all the ladies either put a hat on or tied a sweater around their head.
- They also think if you don’t eat on time, you will get sick. Ex: I was going to eat lunch one day after 3:30pm, and a few people I talked to were all surprised that I wasn’t feeling sick.
- It’s hard to sit back and be ignored in a social setting. I feel like in the US there are plenty of situations where that happens, but here people do more of calling attention to you. It’s kind of a cool thing that people want to make sure you’re a part of the group, but at the same time, sometimes it’s nice to not have the attention.
- Taxis do not have a fixed price, so you are expected to negotiate the price with the driver before getting in the taxi.

Earlier this spring, I went to visit Amor, Fe y Esperanza (AFE) which is a school for children who work at the garbage dump of Tegucigalpa. Check out this link for a powerful video about the work they are doing at AFE: http://www.barrettcreative.com/tm/