10) Silence: The absence of animal sounds (dogs barking, mooing, crowing, etc.) causes you to lose sleep because you are worried that something is wrong.
9) Traffic stopping for the crossing of cattle is a common occurance.
8) When you know that you are getting ripped of because you are white.
7) You are able to tell the vendor that you are getting ripped off and kindly inform him what the real price should be - IN SPANISH.
6) You don't notice anymore when people are speaking in English or Spanish. It's all the same and you understand most of what is being said - even when they are trying to speak in English.
5) You don't worry about the presence of men with big guns - but instead are worried that the men with big guns have their safety on.
4) Cat calls and "I love you baby" are equivalent to white noise in your mind.
3) When you order off a menu based on what you don't want rather then on what you do.
2) When the price of a shirt is $120 and you don't bat an eye - because its around 19 lempiras to the dollar.
1) Seeing people urinate on the side of the road no longer results in a cry of disgust. Hey - you need to pick you battles.
3 comments:
You know you've lived in Honduras for a while when you see a man with what you think is a machine gun walking down the street and you don't bat an eye...until you realize that you are in Canada, do a double look and realize the man is actually carrying an umbrella.
(True story. This happened to me this week!)
Very impressive. You're assimilating, Manda! :P I like #7 & #3...
are you gonna feel homesick for honduras?
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