June 30 - A Walk At The Ruins

This tree is humming
Is it wind through the branches?
No, bees in the trunk

June 29 - At This Rate, I'll Be Finished Ken Follett In No Time

Paul calls rain and leaves
Instead, the thunderous grey
Gives way to sunshine

June 28 - Even Dangerous-Looking Men Want To Eat Healthier

Two men with big guns
Show up to learn about farming
Best not to notice

June 27 - We Deliver The Mattresses To Angelitos

Happy-sad moment
The kids so thrilled to have beds
Something so basic

June 26 - I Employ My Extensively Tested Treatment For All Illnesses

A day at the pool
Is the cure for what ails me
Stillness, a good book

June 25 - The Honduran Business Strategy: Say Whatever Ends The Call Fastest

Third day, third excuse
I know I should just give up
They will always win

June 24 - The Sinking Feeling Of Another Problem With Banco LaFise

I can adapt to
Much of this crazy country
But please, fix the banks

June 23 - Everybody's Trying Out The Deep End

Each Sunday swim gets
Bolder than the last; deeper
water, higher jumps

June 22 - Same Old Place But Everything's Different

Sewage-lagoon walk
Yields much news: Field gone, road paved
Dogs named, money pledged

June 21 - James Comes Back Like He Said

The Americans
Built the most beautiful beds
Many happy kids

June 20 - From Tocoa To Copan: 11 Hours

I've got a new skill

Staring out the bus window

Willing time to pass

June 19 - Come On, Just Look At Your Damn Web Site

Soon! says Noel, soon!
But I wait all day before
We finally start work

June 18 - Guess They Don't See A Lot Of Gringas At Pollolandia Tocoa

Eating lunch alone
In a fast-food chicken place
Gets a lot of stares

June 17 - The Perks Of A Hotel With A Pool

The Tocoa gang
Takes me to Wendy's for lunch
Later, a night swim

June 16 - Might As Well Work When There's No Fun To Be Had

A ferocious rain
Leaves me stuck in the hotel
Ficha 2 gets done

June 15 - On The Road Again: Tocoa, Here I Come

Early morning sun
In the back of the pickup
Then a long pool swim

June 14 – Day Trip To Nueva Jerusalen And Plaplaya

We go for conch soup

Watch cocaine deals – carefully –

And come home sunburned

June 13 – Late-night drinks at the Palacios cantina

How fun to sneak off

To the bad part of town for

Beer and gifity

June 12 – Life In The ‘Beautiful Prison’

Day 6 and I’m bored
So much beauty to enjoy

And yet no freedom

June 11 - A Long Day Of Scratching

My legs are covered

In thousands of small bug bites

Vicks VapoRub works

June 10 – In Which We Fill 300 Bags Of Dirt

I can’t sit idle

Time to get my hands dirty

With Jersy and friends

June 9 - The 16-kilometre hike to the Garifuna assembly

Elvis and I are
Walking to another town
A beach day of sorts

June 8 - Funny What Ends Up Normal

Blue crabs, fallen cows

A strange day, yet I forget

To tell Paul a thing

June 7 - Back For A Stay At The Moskitia Hotel

Even tube showers

Feel good when you’re this sweaty

No narcos this time

June 6 - Nine-Hour Trips To Tocoa Teach You To Zone Out

I feel like I write
a lot about long bus rides
But that's my new life

June 5 - So Close, And Yet So Far Away

A big day for CASM
Food's good, beer looks fresh and cold
Alas, none for us

June 4 - Trip To Tegus For The CASM Premio

Hours on the bus
Paul's waiting at the hotel
Nia comes for wine

June 3 - My Cow Crush In Tamarindo

My first brindle cow
Dazzles me with her colours
She's two months pregnant

June 2 - A Day At John And Marianne's Farm

River's so muddy
Kids' faces are full of joy
They'll sleep well tonight

June 1 - Hey, Buddy, You'll Be Happier Without 'Em

Off to Ostuman
Edy's dog gets castrated
After our big lunch

May 31 - In Ramada 1 With The Vet

A wild-eyed young horse
Puts up a fuss for Allen
But takes its worm meds