they call me robot

Maybe the coolest thing to do is to play with the swarms of little kids. A lot of people think that when you go to a third world country with food and toys you make people happy. This is a very sad abbreviation of what could be. It's like giving antidepressants to a lonely person. Attention is far more important than medicine, or food and toys. People here may be poor, but they have managed to survive without the food we gringos bring.

Small children are so easy to pick up and take on an airplane ride! They love it when you shake their hand and the rest of their arm with it. It's cheesy and not super creative, but it makes an impression. They think gringos are cool, which is, of course, an egregious misconception. Gringos are just people, like them. But they flock to someone who wants to take their hand and da vueltas (swing them around in circles). It is also the most fun thing to do in Honduras, besides going to bed at nine because we get up with el sol.

Pab