Last year, December of 2008 and January, 2009, I was whining about the cold, rainy weather and stated that next year I would bring back my wool sox.
I did. I also brought along a pair of heavy hemp sweatpants, a favourite warm sweater and extra pairs of blue jeans. People were convinced (yet again!) that I was crazy. I wasn't....
I realized a few years ago that I had acclimatized to Honduran weather and when it is cold, windy and rainy for days on end, I am freezing!
I just shake my head at the fact that back in 2004 and 2005 I didn't bring a single pair of blue jeans or socks with me. I remember walking down the street, in the worst of the weather wearing light cotton trousers, bare foot in my sandals with a bath towel over my head and shoulders against the torrential rain. Oh, how my world has changed!
The cold damp gets into your body and soul; even with the benefits of a non-leaky roof, glass in the windows, extra clothes and bath towels complementing my fleece blanket at night, you just can't shake it. It's dimly dark through most of the day, with nightfall occurring shortly after 5:30pm and the wind whistles and wails through the gaps between the window frame and the walls and in under the doorways.
We had a great weather day on January 1st which I celebrated with beach walks in a skirt and tank top, followed by endless days of rain pounding and smashing on the tin roofs at all hours of the day and night. On January 8th, the weather gods gifted us with a day of sunshine peaking through broken clouds and held off the rains until the following afternoon.
This week has been even worse by local standards with temperatures dropping to the high teens Celsius (equating to mid 60's in Fahrenheit) with very high winds coming straight off of the north Caribbean Sea. I just don't know if I can wait for another Friday to see the sun again!
Paradise isn't all beaches and beers, fellow Canadians - sometimes it entails freezing your butt off! Regardless of my tongue in cheek whining, I am simply horrified for the poorer local population; I'm not joking or exaggerating when I say that people will die of exposure or respiratory diseases due to this lengthy cold spell. So if you pray, please pray for the locals. This transplanted Canadian woman can tough it out!
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Glad to see you are back to blogging along. Hope for the sake of the children and many others that conditions improve. It's not typical anywhere, Florida is freezing, it's flooding on Vancouver Island cause of unseasonal warming, its a mess. I really understand how devastating this can be for people though and life and death is where it stands for so many down there, I will pray. You my dear canadian friend can tough it out!
This is my favorite time of year here in La Ceiba. Except for the Canidians ( not you)complaining about the cool weather and rain when they come down for their one week vacations. Hey, this is rainy season here. Many of us who live here year round really enjoy the cooler temps.
Ron S.
glad to see you are blogging again
Yeah, Susan I never ask for sympathy when down here!
Ron, you'd think a sensible person, spending that kind of money for a week in the sun, would do their homework! Me, I "went" Honduran years ago and just don't cope well with cold, no matter where I live! Thanks to both of you...
I'm glad I'm not the only one cold. I have added wool socks to my wish list since I saw yours.
Patty, I'm making an order with Hubby when he comes down in February - my H-family wants them too! $25 for 3 pair - different colours, take what you get choices but they are soft, warm, and wash n dry almost instantly... Can't ask for more down here! I'd been wearing them in bed at night... I'd love to get up your way again; stayed in Trujillo in 2005.
I'll place an order. Wool socks are a must have with boots, and I will be wearing boots while we are clearing the property. Come on over and set a spell, although right now I can't offer anyone a bed. That will change when Casita Ramirez gets finished.
Will do Patty! Hubby should be here by mid Feb and we'll take a bus trip up your way to deliver them. Don't worry about the bed - it's the visits I'm most interested in.... Will return the offer - if you're in La Ceiba, let me know and you can check out the patio for yourself (again, no spare bed in only 2 1/2 rooms!)
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