Honduras Cost of Living: Rent & Utilities
NOTE: This post has been written for at least 3 months…all I can say is better late than never. I’ve been meaning to do a series of posts on the cost of living here in Honduras. You know, the kind of information I could not find online as I prepared to move to Tegucigalpa. Every time I sat down to write the…
A Tropical Thanksgiving in Honduras
As I mentioned before one of the perks of teaching at an international school is that we get time off for both local Honduran and US holidays. Last month we had a four day weekend for Thanksgiving, a holiday which local Hondurans do not celebrate. My experience at Lago de Yojoa reminded me that I am not the outdoorsy type at…
Celebrating Día de la Independencia at Lake Yojoa
One of the cool things about teaching at an international school is that we recognize both Honduran and U.S. holidays. The month of September is a pretty big deal across Central America. Most of its countries gained their independence on September 15, 1821. Unlike the United States which generally contains its independence celebrations to a single day, we had 2.5…
Moving to Honduras: Bravery or Stupidity?
Well despite my total lack of preparation for the job fair I attended, I did indeed land a job working abroad. My new school is the very first one I met with at the fair. The position seemed custom-made for my experience. I’ll be honest and say that I had a very good feeling about the “interview” if we can call…
