Funny Stuff I Forgot to Tell You

With today being a travel day from Honduras to Nicaragua, there's not a whole lot of new stuff to report. I've pretty much figured out that.  traveling by bus in Central America means that nothing leaves on time and every trip takes way longer than they say it will. So, since there's not a ton of new stuff, I figured I'll fill you in on some other things I forgot to tell you.

 

I'm really wondering why Honduras is spelled with an H considering they don't pronounce the H in Spanish.  I think there's a reason China didn't name itself some name that's full of L's and R's (think about it...you'll get it). 

 

So, I needed a phone that would work anywhere in the world and I wanted one that could hold 2 sim cards so I could use different ones for different countries. I ordered this fake blackberry from China.  I love the phone, but I can't quite figure out all the features. One interesting feature is that it came with a bunch of built in wallpapers that I can't seem to delete. It's a nice mix of nature and cars and girls in bikinis. To change the wallpaper, just shake the phone. So, Sunday morning we were sitting in the pastor's office and I was trying to show the pastor something and when I took the phone out of my pocket, the wallpaper changed to some bikini girl as I was handing it to him. Before he saw it I had to shake the phone which switched it to Jessica Alba, one more shake and I think it was the cast of Harry Potter or something...thankfully not in bikinis.

 

I also forgot to tell you that after I was making fun of France and they were making fun of the US, we had a time of awkward silence. So Jordan decided to ask a serious question to the French girls. He just blurts out, "So what's the deal with Canada speaking French?  Are you guys like okay with that?". The looks on their faces were absolutely priceless. Cory and I about fell out of our chairs.

 

Right now I'm riding the bus in Nicaragua. We're all kinda ticked that they didn't stamp our passports in El Salvador, Honduras, or Nicaragua. There's been a screaming baby from time to time on the bus. Elias was saying that in Mexico they make all the women with babies go to the back of the plane. I actually think that's brilliant, especially because I don't think the cargo area is pressurized.

We have been watching the most hideous movies on the bus. Horrible. First was Dennis the Menace. It was dubbed in Spanish with a girl's voice for Dennis. Quality. Next was Baby's Day Out with some baby that was crawling all over a city.  That was followed up with Brendan Frazier's Furry Vengeance. He wasn't very good in his prime, but this was terrible.  Mind you that the only person under 25 on the bus is the screaming baby.  Ooh, as I write this they're putting on Home Alone 2.

 

In terms of the trip, I really feel like we're hitting our stride. We have kind of figured out what types of places that we want to go and how to get there. We're getting used to the 50lb backpacks and the crazy hours and Tica Bus (pronounced Teeka Boooos) has become a second home to us. I think we all have really high hopes for Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. We know some people in those places and we are ready to get going again with our mission.

 

Oh and if you hear something about surrender monkeys in Jordan's blog--that wasn't me, I was quoting a British TV show.