Last week i learnt about a place in Honduras that rains fish every year and has been for the last 100 years. Its a town in the department of Yoro which is a few hours from where i am. Its an incredible story. The story goes that over a century ago, a Father José Manuel Subirana was working in the town and was devastated with the desperate poverty. He fell into a fevered prayer that lasted for days, praying for provisions for the people of the town. When he finished praying, a storm came and after the storm the people found fish littered all over the streets. The fish were still alive and they took them and ate them. Since then it has been happening every May/June like clockwork. Its the only place in the world where it rains animals frequently. There are other places where it has rained frogs for example, but it only happens once.
Learning to be a web developer in a third-world country
Its very different developing websites in a country with even worse Internet than New Zealand. I have been using speeds of about 256k here in Honduras but almost all the time, it feels like (and probably is) 56k or worse. It often cuts out.
Posted some photos
I have put up a couple of photos under the Photos section of the orphanage. I will be putting up more, and this is just a tiny selection of the photos that have been taken so far. The kids love to take photos.
Things are very well here. My host family is great – although i will be moving next week, not for any bad reasons at all. The weather is lovely. It is raining pretty much every afternoon which keeps the place a little cooler so the temperatures are around 28 to 33 ish but can get down to about 18 during the night and morning.
I dont have much time to write at the moment but do plan to write more. I was a little aprehensive about writing about my experiences here on the Internet but i do plan to now.
I hope all is well with you!
Safely arrived
I arrived in Honduras yesterday. I rushed to the bus terminal and luckily managed to get a ticket for the bus leaving 10 minutes after i arrived (which saved me having to wait another 3 hours or so). It was a long trip out with all the flights etc. I tried to find a hostel to sleep in last night but the 3 i tried were all full. Eventually i got hold of the owner of the orphanage and ended up sleeping at the orpahange. There hasnt been water in town for the last 3 days since a bad storm that damaged something to do with delivering water to town. So i havent had a wash yet…
It was really amazing to see the kids again. Some were asleep when i arrived last night but was able to see them this morning. I am trying to find a family to stay with now. Its great being in a hot country again. Im still pretty tired though.
Im not sure how i feel about blogging about personal things much, its not something i do often. I will be putting photos up when i take some though. Until later. – Robert