An Acquired Taste

Honduras is an acquired taste.

Not everyone has a preference for danger and kidnappings. Not being able to walk the streets. Having drug lords as neighbors. Rated top in homicides.  #1 most dangerous airport.  The only government in Latin America that was able to fight off communism.  Living life as a hustler to get by all the time. Smell of smoke of burning forests.  Beggars at every stoplight.

But, we also have the second largest coral reef. The best and most unique of the Mayan world.  A hidden city (La Ciudad Blanca, Mosquitia) in the rainforest.   A miniature tree forest.  A beautiful view of majestic mountains in every corner. Friendly and outgoing people.  Great weather all year round.  Virgin beaches and land, untouched by man. Beautiful black big men riding tiny bicycles that look like they are going to break.

We have it all, to sum it up: the best of the simple life in its true sincerity.  Very few people can appreciate its honesty, vibrant energy and take life here in the jungle as an adventure.

Frozen Smile

I used to think everyone had botox, but I was wrong, they are just frozen smiles everywhere.  It’s not exactly radiating happiness, it’s more like frustrating hypocrisy.  I  appreciate wrinkles knowing that they came from smiling, but for this type of smiling they are not worth it. Then, you will really have to get botox because people who smile because they are happy are proud of their wrinkles.

Freak of Nature

People are like plants with the exception that plants cannot move.  We tend to reject people that are different, but in reality, in all our diversity we are exact copies of nature.

There are plants that are poisonous, hermaphrodites, black colored, among others and each have their own personality:  curious,  cautious, sweet, sour, fruitful, vulnerable, resistant, buoyant, etc.

You could be the weirdest person on earth and feel alienated, but somewhere in nature there is a plant that is just like you.

Memories

mem·o·ry  (mm-r)

n. pl. mem·o·ries

1. The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience.

2. Nostalgia for something worthless.

The World from a Sofa

Some women don’t have to leave their sofas to handle the world.  They don’t have to get up early to go to work, shower to smell good or turn off the Tv and go to the table to eat dinner with the family.  They handle the world by pointing a finger and directing others to get them what they want.  They get all the latest news and gossip before anyone else hears it.  They wear jewelry like if someone is going to see it. They always have their hair up in a bun.   They always invite their friends to come over and visit.    They talk loud and say bad words with attitude.  They are always staring at their nails.  They always know what they want.