Burros y El Campo

So, I know it has been awhile since we have posted (sorry). We have been busy with school work, but things have finally slowed down a bit so here are a few things we have been up to:
Last Weekend:
Hope, Caroline, and I went to and island called El Tigre in the pacific ocean off of the small bit of southern coast Honudras has. We really liked going there becuase it was only about three hours of traveling, which is MUCH shorter than we are used to. We stayed at this cute little hostel that was literally right on the beach, at high tide we could practically walk right off of the steps of the resturant and into the water. We also really liked the island because it was not at all touristy. It is a place that Hondurans go for day trips mostly so it was really quiet and genuine. The name of the beach we stayed at was El Burro (the donkey) we all thought that was a funny name. Then, when we were out on our porch at night Caroline looked up and said, "Donkeys!" sure enough right next to our porch were five donkeys just wondering around. We have no idea if they were wild, or just allowed to roam around at night but it was really cool to see.

Next Week:
We are going to Olancho, a departement (think: state) of Honduras. It is a very rural, farming community with no electricity. I am really excited to go because we basically get to do anthropology. We are living with host families and our main goal is to participate in life with them. If they are doing the laundry we help them, if they are making tortillias we make tortillias, if they milk the cow or slaughter a chicken we help. We also have research projects that we are working on, but they are secondary to just living within the community. I am doing a project that looks at family structure, we are trying to see if there is a corralation with family structure or values and family problems and what that is (i.e. absent fathers = gang involvement). Hope is researching immigration and she is first looking at who in the village has familiy members who have immigrated eslewhere. We will let you know how the week goes when we get back.

Peace,
Zenobia
Music - Birmful of Asha - Cornershop (Fatboyslim remix)
Location - My bedroom in Tegus