Leaving for Honduras

Hey all,

I think this may be the best way to keep everyone informed on how things are going in Honduras. I will try and do a better job of posting updates but access to internet will be spotty at best. I will check the blog whenever I get a chance to sit down at a computer so feel free to post messages here. I will be getting a cell phone when I am down there and will post that number on the blog.

Here is a little bit of an itinerary and explanation of what I am trying to accomplish in Honduras

My first two weeks will be a backpacking adventure along the Caribbean coast. I plan to visit Trujillo, La Ceiba, Tela, and Copan before returning to Tegucigalpa to meet Erik (my advisor). Following another week spent in Tegus I will be going out to live in a community in a region called La Moskitia. Not sure what community, just know it will be in the "sticks" and that a canoe trip will be necessary to get in and out of wherever there is. I will get introduced to the community by Erik or one of his counter parts. Then it's just me in the community trying to fit in...I expect it to be awkward. Also, I will be conducting household surveys to better understand land uses, rates of deforestation, land tenure systems and community empowerment. We will be using this research to better understand how to build community empowerment if forest carbon projects are implemented in these areas.
Thats the debrief on why I am going down. I am sure I am leaving a lot of questions unanswered, probably because I don't have those answers yet.

Ok, leaving Flagstaff in one hour! I have twenty things to do and at least 10 to forget.
It kinda feels like cliff diving... one... two... three... holy shiiiii