Settling in...

We made our way to Gracias where we will be spending the rest of the summer. We had to take a three plus hour bus ride to get here, winding our way through the mountains. Taking a busride through the mountains is exactly what I didn´t want to do. Latin America isn´t big on traffic rules and it seems that most drivers tend to make them up as they go along. That means that cars are often passed on blind turns through the mountains. I think I saved myself a panic attack by sleeping, or pretending to sleep, through the whole ordeal. It won´t be the last time I have to make that trip.

Gracias is a quaint community set in the mountains. When the conquistadors arrived they were so happy to find land flat enough to set up shop that they cried "gracias a Dios." Hence the name, Gracias. There aren´t any paved roads, so the rainy wheather makes things a bit muddy. Supposedly there is a hurricane heading for Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, but I think we´re so far inland that it won´t be a problem. So, don´t worry too much about me.

Peace,
Raquel