The First Week

I’ve been in Honduras for two weeks, and a week here at my new home in Zamorano. Internet isn’t set up at the house yet (which is why I haven’t been writing. Sorry), but the TV gets thirty some stations including TNT, ESPN, BBC, CNN, and the Latin American version of HBO and Cinemax, all in English. Fancy!

Zamorano is a valley about an hour outside of the capital, Tegucigalpa. It is also home to a large, agriculture college, which brings the advantage that the students grow, produce and raise all the food here. From fresh butter, yogurt and ice cream to vegetables, fish, and the only cheddar cheese in the country, everything is from this valley. It has the added advantage that there is a semi-filtered water system on campus so you can even eat the food. There are a lot of oddities, but the food has proven to be fantastic.

The Puesta (store), is packed with Zamorano products, and when you look at Tegus, or Copan, you will see the label there, too. Hondurans love the Zamorano food, with good reason. If the food was this fresh and good in the states, I might have never left.