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2009.09.23: September 23, 2009: Headlines: COS - Honduras: Blogs - Honduras: Safety: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer "Life in Honduras: my Peace Corps adventure" writes: Because of all of the vandalism and craziness the government has been issuing daily curfews
Peace Corps Volunteer "Life in Honduras: my Peace Corps adventure" writes: Because of all of the vandalism and craziness the government has been issuing daily curfews
We had curfew from 4pm Monday, All day Tuesday until 10am Wednesday. Being that I live in a larger town, we observed the curfew. Shops were closed, groceries were closed, the market was closed..... the town was silent and I couldn't leave my house. Today we were finally able to leave and buy food and tomorrow they say that things will be back to normal again-- but we will have to see what happens. I feel like a kid again...kinda funny.
Peace Corps Volunteer "Life in Honduras: my Peace Corps adventure" writes: Because of all of the vandalism and craziness the government has been issuing daily curfews
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Back in grade school...
Caption: Deposed president, Manuel Zelaya took refuge in the Brazilian embassy, outside of which hundreds of his supporters gathered, before they were dispersed by police and troops on September 22. Honduras protest at Braziian Embassy. Photo: vredeseilanden Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic
Hello everyone!
So I am sure you have heard that here in Honduras we are dealing the this whole political crisis once again. This past August and September, things have been pretty calm. Nothing really going in regards to the coup... life returned to basically normal. I had started working on planning my last few Peace Corps projects and in general have been doing pretty well.
This Monday that all changed when Mel snuck back in the country causing a big giant muck in the capital. Because of all of the vandalism and craziness the government has been issuing daily curfews. We had curfew from 4pm Monday, All day Tuesday until 10am Wednesday. Being that I live in a larger town, we observed the curfew. Shops were closed, groceries were closed, the market was closed..... the town was silent and I couldn't leave my house. Today we were finally able to leave and buy food and tomorrow they say that things will be back to normal again-- but we will have to see what happens. I feel like a kid again...kinda funny.
Below I posted a link to the BBC website that gives a good explanation of the course of events over these past few months for anyone that might not be up to speed on the situation.
Well, as for now I think I am off to bed...all this walking around town today has got me pretty beat.
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