Quiz: Know Honduras

1. Everything in Honduras—cream, soda, water, milk, popsicles—is sold in:
a. aluminum cans
b. glass bottles
c. Tupperware
d. Plastic bags
e. Styrofoam cups
f. Clay pots

2. The most normal means of transportation among large cities is:
a. VW bugs with the tops cut off so they can fit up to 8 people
b. Old school-buses from the US that didn’t pass inspection
c. Slick Greyhound-type buses
d. Over-crowded mini-buses

Answer to #1: plastic bags. One of my favorite memories is of an ice-cold Pepsi in a plastic bag served to me after I volunteered to help my neighbors raise tomato-beds all morning. This practice would never go over well in Tanzania, where strangely enough it is illegal to give away plastic bags at the store due to the environmental implications.

Answer to #2: Old school buses. It was odd for me at first to see a line of school buses on a Saturday morning on a busy road. When I got closer and saw the majority of the passengers were bearded, grey-haired or carrying babies, I got even more curious. Before long I had become one of these regular passengers, holding in the urge to start up a camp song or look over my shoulder for bullies.