Mi mente está llena. My mind is full! Between trying to understand Spanish in various accents and speeds, to failing miserably in my attempts to speak en Español, and new sights, sounds, and faces, I'm happily exhausted. The morning started at Avelar Café for breakfast and review of the week's plans, then being shuttled by…

Twenty months ago, I was employed as a travel physical therapist covering a medical leave at a hospital-based outpatient clinic in northern Wisconsin, blissfully unaware of a virulent contagion that was about to turn the world upside-down – including my plans to travel to Honduras in May 2020. This trip was funded and arranged as…

We arrived under cover of darkness, peering through rain-streaked windows to view the city under the street lights' blueish haze as our volunteer coordinator, Rafael, drove us through puddles of various sizes and depths on our way to El Sauce neighborhood. We were greeted at the curb under cover of umbrella by our jovial host,…