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photography & design © 2001-2005 Michael
Strickland |
In
1983, I left high school during the
middle of my junior year to live abroad
for a year as an exchange student. When I
applied to the American Field Service
program, I marked Spain as my first choice
of countries. Fresh out of two years of
high-school Spanish, I had been
mesmerized by posters of the mountains and
villages of Spain in my classroom. When I
found out they were sending me to
Honduras, my response was something like
"Honduras? Is that a country?" Now,
21 years later, I finally returned to
visit my host family and friends, and see
how much the country had changed.
I never imagined so much time would
have gone by, but in the intervening
years, it always seemed like I either
had the time to go but lacked the money,
or vice versa. In any case, "más
vale tarde que nunca" (better late than
never). My family made me feel right at
home the instant I arrived, and it was
like I had never left. Content,
photography & design © 2001-2005 Michael
Strickland
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Honduras, Christmas/New Year 2004
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