Old Friends – New Places: San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Having kept in touch with my ex-girlfriend Kate over the past 10 years, I was excited when I found out that she, together with her husband Troy (my former host brother during a High School exchange year in 1994-1995) and two children Kaiser and Malachy, had accepted a teaching position at an International school in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

San Pedro Sula (the second biggest city of Honduras) is the commercial center of the north of the country. Travelling anywhere in the region invariably brings you to San Pero Sula since all roads seem to converge here (not that I would hot have traveled a ways to see Kate and her family).

Although I had seen Kate a few times over the past 10 years, these meetings were generally brief and hardly sufficient to exchange the news about our lives. Thus it was particularly nice to pay them a longer visit in a more relaxed manner with sufficient time to my disposal. It is fascinating to observe how people evolve, change and progress over the years while other characteristics remain unchanged. It was wonderful to reconnect with an old friend after so many years and get a glimpse into their everyday life, hobbies and interests. Fortunately, neither Kate nor Troy have to work excessive hours at their school, which left us with plenty of free time to discover the surroundings (like the Garifuna beach town of Tela) or to simply lay back in a hammock slipping on a Cuba Libre while listening to live guitar music.


View Kate’s BLOG and web site:
http://katekedley.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/katekedley