We did it, 27 months of Peace Corps in Honduras! We officially finished on September 24! It was definitely sad saying goodbye to friends both Honduran and Peace Corps but it was time and we were both ready to move on. It was definitely a great experience and we are glad that we did it. Was it what we expected? Of course not but we feel that we got a lot out of it and learned a lot about ourselves, Honduras, and of course lots of Spanish all the while helping people the most we could. We both drastically improved our Spanish levels and that is something that we really wanted to get out of this experience. We started at Novice High and Kevin ended at Intermediate High and Shannon at Advanced Mid. And we feel fairly comfortable conversing and can do everything that we need to. After a week in Tegucigalpa seeing doctors and dentists (we went two years without any worms or stomach problems!) we headed out on a ¨luxury¨ bus to Panama to begin our three months of travel in South America. We spent a night in Nicaragua, 8 hours in Costa Rica walking around, and a night on the bus and finally arrived in Panama after three days on a bus.
Panama City was amazing! After two years without seeing a big city it was very impressive (Shannon now realizes that after two years of no development she loves it). We didn´t realize how big it is and how many sky scrappers there are. We went to the canal (not that exciting because we were not able to see any ships go through) and walked all over the city. It was weird being able to walk around with a camera and not be afraid of being robbed! We then headed to Portobelo which is a tiny town on the Caribbean side of Panama. We took a 5 day sailing trip to Colombia and spent three days at the San Blas Islands, gorgeous white sand deserted islands off the coast of Panama. It was a great trip, our captain and chef were awesome and we got to see a ton of fish while snorkeling among the islands. Kevin saw a Nurse Shark but luckily Shannon missed that one! It was a great way to get to Colombia and we arrived in Cartagena as the sun was rising.
We are now in Cartagena, a quaint colonial town set on a bay. The entire city is surrounded by old walls that protected it and there is a lot to see and do. It is very developed and also a shock to us as we haven´t been any place like this in quite some time. It is a good start to our Colombian adventure. Next up, scuba diving in Taganga!
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