Day 2- Sunday

We had to wake up at 7:30am in order to be at breakfast by 8:00am. We had a great kitchen staff at Rapaco so our meals were all really good. For breakfast I had eggs, a meat that was maybe sausage, fruit, and tortilla (beans and tortillas were offered at every meal but I steered clear of the beans because I did not want an upset stomach). This was our tourist-like day so we first went to Clinica Santa Rosa de Lima in Nuevo Paraiso. There was a hospital that had emergency, birth, dental, eye, surgeries, etc. and it was pretty big and very nice on the inside. The hospital used to have about 10 doctors and about 40 nurses working full time, with the hospital always busy with patients. Sadly, the hospital now only has 1 doctor who is American. This is because Cuba used to pay for everything for the hospital and provide all of the staff. Last summer, someone (I forget who) fought with Honduras and they happened to be Cuba's ally, so Cuba pulled all of their staff and all of their funds from the hospital. Hopefully the hospital will find funding from elsewhere because it really is needed. After we toured the hospital, we went to an orphanage down the road. It was very nice; the top notch orphanage in Honduras. It is gated in and there is 1 tia to 10 kids or less. Each tia with her kids has a house with a kitchen, den, tv, food, rooms, clothes, bathroom, etc. There was also a couple playgrounds and lots of room for the kids to run around. Most kids in Honduras have none of that, so the kids at this orphanage are very fortunate. There is an application process to getting into the orphanage because obviously everyone wants their kids to live there. It is sad because most of the kids that are chosen are because they have been abused. Also, if a kid is just left outside of the orphanage gates, they are automatically taken in by the orphanage. I was told there is a long wait list to get in to the orphanage. We got to play with the kids for a few hours and it was amazing. They were all so nice and loving; they would run up to us and hold our hands and take us somewhere. They loved hugs and to be picked up. I wish I could work at a place like that, I just can't describe how awesome it was in words. We would all take pictures of the kids and they would immediately reach for the camera and take pictures of us. It was so cute! We played on the playground, played soccer, played football or just hung out. After the orphanage we went to Valle de Los Angeles which was a small town we hung out in for the rest of the afternoon. We ate lunch at a cute outside restaurant under the trees, some of which were banana trees. Kids and adults walked around throughout the restaurant selling candy, DVDs, and CDs. We bought a couple of CDs and reggaeton is by far my favorite music to listen to nowadays. We all took some tequila shots to celebrate being in Honduras! I ate tacos de pollo and a pupusas (a tortilla filled with cheese) both of which were soooo good! It was so strange because our bill was about 1,400 limperas which came out to only 60 dollars, so 12 people ate and drank alcohol for only 60 dollars. After lunch we shopped around in all of the souvenir shops lining the roads in the town. They sell a lot of pots, artwork, jewelry, clothes, and knives (by the way, many people walk around with machetes in their hands at all times in Honduras.. kinda scary!). They sell ice cream as a type of popsicle bar and I ate a mint chocolate chip one and it was goooood. There was a band playing in the central courtyard that we listened to for a while. After Valle de Los Angeles we went to Santa Lucia to take pictures of the gorgeous scenery. Santa Lucia was also where some high class people lived- it had the nicest houses we had seen by far. Everyday we went to the same gas station to stock up on cheap alcohol and snack food. We went back to Rapaco and had dinner- potato salad, tomatoes, cantaloupe, and some kind of chicken. Post dinner we had a dental meeting for a couple of hours to talk about what we were going to be doing for the week, we met the dentists, and packed the suitcases with the supplies for the brigade the next day. I then took my first shower in Honduras, which I do not miss. They have a shortage of water, so you have to turn the water off in between washing and rinsing. There was also barely any water pressure and it was a gamble whether you got hot water or cold. We then got to relax and drink a couple beers before going to bed at about 11:30pm.