Headed home from school on the bus today, we suddenly came to a stop, the driver put the bus in reverse, and we started backing up. Not unusual for Honduras because the streets are narrow and the cars drive where they want to. Also, on many occasions, too many lanes of traffic start coming at you creating a roadblock so your only option is to reverse and wait for them to thin out before you continue. This wasn't the case however. Rather, as we passed I realized that a truck was parked in the middle of the intersection sitting diagonally, blocking almost all traffic and making maneuvering the bus around it extremely challenging. The truck was completely deserted and the best part: the front tire had been removed as if the driver had the intentions of changing the tire, then mid tire-change gave up and went for a Coke (at least that is the story I made up in my mind.....which is quite probable). I couldn't help but stop and think, if this had happened in the states, people would be irate, the cops would be called, and the truck would be towed within a short time span of when it was left. Not so in Honduras. Here everyone just finds a way around it and goes on with their life. I love it!
As we continued on our bus route home, we randomly saw a big ol' cow making it's way up the street amidst the traffic. In case you didn't know, I live in the middle of a city that lacks farms or livestock of any kind in the immediate vicinity of our neighborhoods so you can see how this was a little odd. Again, in the states, this would draw immediate attention and life would come to a standstill until the problem was taken care of. In Honduras: hardly anyone even turned to look and the cow peacefully continued on it's wayward journey up the hill into one of the neighborhoods.
Just another typical Honduran day.
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