July 9th, 2010
Happy Birthday Dayanthi!
Today is Dayanthi’s birthday! We all surprised her with a piñata and a big chocolate cake. I’m pretty sure she was caught off guard because we did a surprise bash right after one of our nightly meetings. I hope she enjoyed it all! It’s so wonderful to have memories of celebrating your birthday in Honduras, these are treasured memories! What made today even better was the fact that it’s our day off from work so we could enjoy the city of Tegucigalpa and the Valle de Angeles.
Chirag at the top of the Myan stairs
Watching the group walk up
View from the top
Jesus statue
If you don’t know, there is a huge, I mean HUGE statue of Jesus Christ at the top of the hill in Tegucigalpa. One of our first things to do was to see the famous Jesus statue and the Myan temple that was meters away. First we entered into the National park where the “Jesus Christo” statue stood and enjoyed the scenic view of Tegucigalpa from the hill. Ron brought his professional camera so there was a fun photo shoot with the group near the Myan ruins. After the park, we drove to the Valle, one of the most touristy places of Honduras. This was where we ate lunch and did our tourist shopping. Lunch was at a small place called “Virginia’s Papusa.” Papusa means a potato like tortilla filled with meat and cheese that gets pan fried. It is special to Honduras so we all tried out a few for lunch. I thought it was pretty tasty! After eating about two, I was full.
Jen and the papusas
Break time
Shopping was really fun. I really wanted to pick up something for Hannah and Danvi so I bought wooden Honduran bookmarks with their names engraved. The Liempera to the dollar is 18:1. Shopping is most definitely in the dollar’s favor. I later bought a beautiful painting from store across the street from Virginia’s Papusa. It’s a lovely picture of three callie lilies. I think it would be perfect for my bedroom. It was only $10!
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