Roatan - Day 13

This morning was FABULOUS!  J and I went out snorkeling with D, an older gentleman (late 50’s to early 60’s) just kickin’ it on the island and helping out with the clinic.  He knew all the great places to look and where the reefs were.  We saw lots of tropical fish, plenty of lobsters (D even tried to catch a few), sea shells, an eel, and all kinds of ocean “plants.”  We spent a good 2 hours out snorkeling and it was great to finally get in the water!  I wasn’t a fan of the bay we snorkeled in since the bottom is all silt and very murky water until you get out further.  We had to hunt for at least 15 minutes to find J’s snorkel that D accidentally dropped while helping her de-fog.  Can’t wait for more snorkeling this weekend!

After dropping my laundry off at Ed’s Lavandería, I was walking back to the apt. along the road and then a car honked at me from behind.  I just thought it was a taxi (taxis honk at you to see if you need a ride), but then I hear a man’s voice say, “Where are you headed?”  Turns out it was one of our patients at the clinic and he told me to hop in the truck and he’d take us to work.  J was pleasantly surprised to see who I had “flagged down” as our ride to the clinic.

At the clinic this afternoon, there was no one to man triage or pharmacy, so I ended up doing both instead of seeing patients.  I crazily ran back and forth between the two for a good solid 2 hours and then all of a sudden the clinic died.  No more patients.  We sat around for an hour watching the hondureño doc control his heart rate (he could literally make it go faster or slower, depending) before J suggested we get some baleadas at the bottom of the hill.  So down the hill I went to place a carry out order for the both of us and the ER residents. 

Baleadas are typical hondureño food – thick tortillas filled with refried beans, scrambled eggs, and fresh avocado.  Sounds like a strange combination, but they are delicious!  I cannot speak for J, but I will be eating a lot more of them instead of PB & J for lunch.

The clinic closes at 6:00 pm (also when the sun sets, SUPER early…) but we called it a night at 5:15 and all went home except for the hondureño doc to man the last 45 minutes.

Since we went out the last two nights and my nose has become a snot factory, we’ll stay in tonight, catch up on some internet time and study (I guess I better do SOME of that while I am here…).

More scoop on Ed’s Apartment: just found out the freezer doesn’t actually freeze.  So much for our chicken that’s been “freezing” for the last 2 weeks…