The five second rule does not apply when in Honduras!

So, this morning started off early! Honduras is 2 hours behind Atlanta, so our clocks are off a little bit! Our room, consisting of Pamm, Jan, and myself, were all awake by 5:30. After a delicious breakfast of waffles cooked by Judith, we piled in the vans to head out to San Buena Ventura (SBV). My advice from last time still stands. Don’t try to drive yourself around here. And if you are sitting in the front seat, cover your eyes. As printed on a t-shirt, these rules still apply:



1) Blind curves are ideal for passing

2) Use horn in all situations

3) Green light signals start of the race
4) Red light means watch out I’m coming through
5) All garbage goes out the window immediately
6) When driving at night use at least one headlight must be out of order at all times.
7) In all city driving situations, jungle rules apply.


But there have been some new ones added:
1) It’s okay to look behind you while driving forward
2) It’s perfectly acceptable to fit 2 cars in a single lane
3) You should be able to see what is in the bed of the truck that’s in front of you.



Jeremy's new tattoo



Anyway, we got to SBV (safely, I might add!) and had field day with the kids.  Our methods of organizing the kids into the “King size”, “Fun size”, and “Snack size” groups went nowhere.  So, instead we opened up the Pamm and Anna Tattoo Parlor (By the way, Katie, Jeremy got a new tattoo – see the pictures!), the Joey and Amy Nail Salon, the “Andrew and Alex Minute to Win-It-Games” and the Geoff and Jacob Soccer/Whiffle Ball clinic.  What was really interesting to watch were the kids watching Pamm and Anna putting the tattoos on, and so then they starting not only putting them on each other, but anything they could get their hands on, including the dog!  The girls loved the Nail Salon, and I think each child tried every color of nail polish we had and then started painting the babies fingernails!  We also had some of the boys painting some of the girls toenails!

Noriella got a tattoo.

Jeremy and Andrew sandwich him.

The kids love Pamm!  She cheers them on no matter what!

So now Noriella gets her nails painted after 2 tattoos!

After a quick lunch, we went to Chiminike, which is a children’s museum in Tegucigalpa. It was pretty cool – I know there is a children’s museum in Atlanta, but we need one like this! You could do karoke, be on the radio, make up your own TV broadcast, watch what your nose goes through in a sneeze (which is gross and cool at the same time!), and there were a few other interesting exhibits as you will see in the pictures!

On our way home, we stopped at a ‘mall’ to get some ice cream and a plane literally flew right over our heads. It was creepy!