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Leaving La Ceiba

March 13, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. I often find that a week is not enough time to experience a new country or volunteer abroad. There is way too much to learn, and the experience is often a bit overwhelming and intense. However, in my humble opinion a week is better than nothing so I normally do whatever I can to get as much out […]

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Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: cultural immersion, CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

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The Banana Republic

March 6, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. In order to get a clear understanding of where Honduras is today, it is important to take a brief look at the history. Below is a brief historical summary that I have paraphrased from Lonely Planet’s Honduras and The Bay Islands, Written by Greg Benchwick, 2010): Like many countries in Central America, Honduras has a difficult history of […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: banana republic, bananas, CULTURE, dole, Honduras, La Ceiba, thirdeyemom, Travel

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Finding beauty in La Ceiba, Honduras

March 4, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. La Ceiba is not known as the most beautiful city in the world. In fact, it is known for being well, rather ugly. I had been warned about the unattractiveness of the city several times through my research in Lonely Planet and other noteworthy travel sites. But La Ceiba was where my volunteer project was based so I […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, life, people, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

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Love and Heartbreak in a Honduran daycare

February 26, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. The main reason why I went to Honduras was to volunteer and give back. A month before leaving I found out my volunteer placement would be at a Honduran daycare center for poor single mothers to send their children to the day while they tried to earn a living. As a mother myself who adores children and an […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, CULTURE, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: children, CULTURE, Honduras, international volunteering, La Ceiba, parenting, Travel

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Learning Spanish like a local in La Ceiba, Honduras

February 23, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. Finding the right program abroad can prove to be a daunting task. I searched countless hours on the Internet but after the trip to Honduras I realized my mistake. I was searching for volunteer opportunities not spanish language schools. Little did I know that almost every language school offers volunteer opportunities alongside their program. Had I searched under […]

Categories: CULTURE, Honduras, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, La Ceiba, Language, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, immersion, La Ceiba, Language, learning a foreign language, Spanish, spanish school, thirdeyemom, Travel

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss

February 15, 2013 by thirdeyemom

The kiss…. …of a five year old Honduran boy named Gustavo, one of the children I worked with in La Ceiba, Honduras. To see more entries to this week’s challenge, click here.

Categories: BLOGGING, Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: children, CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, Photography, postaday, Travel

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Meet Maria, my Honduran host

February 15, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. Perhaps the best thing about my volunteer trip to Honduras was the home stay. Going into the trip I was a bit worried. I had no idea what to expect. Would the family be nice? Would I be able to communicate enough in Spanish? Would I feel comfortable inside a strangers house for a week? And would I […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Family Life, global volunteering, Honduras, La Ceiba, thirdeyemom, Travel

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Arrival in La Ceiba

February 6, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. I arrived at the port of La Ceiba around half past three with a jittery stomach. I was a ball of nerves worrying about my ability to communicate effectively in Spanish and curious about what my host family would be like. It felt odd to just be dropped off all alone at the ferry station and have no […]

Categories: INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, thirdeyemom, Travel, volunteering abroad

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In route to the Mainland

February 5, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. When I arrived at the ferry station and saw my fellow passengers, it was the first real indication that Roatan and the mainland of Honduras were worlds apart. Unlike the jam-packed United Airlines flight from Houston loaded with passengers dressed in their country club best, 98% of the ferry passengers were Honduran. I was the only blond-haired blue-eyed […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, immersion, La Ceiba, Roatan, Spanish, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

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Simplicity

January 20, 2013 by thirdeyemom

We all strive for simplicity in our lives. Sometimes it is hard to let go and relax, enjoying the simplest pleasures in life. The beautiful world around us. Being in a developing country where people don’t have as many luxuries as we do, it never fails to amaze me how simplicity seems to bring much more happiness to the soul. We have so much in our country- safe water, hot water, more than enough food to eat, a nice roof […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Honduras, Inspiration, iPhonography, La Ceiba, Other Photo Challenges, PHOTOGRAPHY, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, iphonography, La Ceiba, Nature, Photography, Roatan, Travel

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