This month has been a month of many new experiences! I have decided to buy a car down here. I went with one of my Honduran friends to her "uncle's" lot and he let me test drive a few cars. I was so scared I was going to crash it and then I didn't know what would happen. I went to give one of the cars back and he told me to take it home for the weekend. Now I was even more scared. Well, I drove all the way back up the mountain to my house, about 25 minute drive. Once I got back, I found an extra set of keys in the car which happened to belong to the owner's car. Well he needed those keys. By this time it was dark and no one could drive with me, so I had to drive back to the city and find this place all on my own. Well the rest of the weekend went rather well. Thankfully no accidents. I was so relieved to finally turn the car back in on Monday morning. Still searching for a car that I like. All of the automatic cars come from the States where they have been considered totaled due to accidents or floods, and then are shipped here where they are repaired and sold. So, used car shopping here is very different. Half of the things on the car don't work, and they ask for a lot of money.
I also started learning to drive "stick" or manual cars. I have had a few lessons. My second lesson was driving up the hill. I stalled the car on a big hill, almost rolled back into a very nice SUV. It took about 5 minutes to final get going again. The next day the clutch broke so everyone is blaming me for it (in a joking way). My third lesson went a little better, and that car hasn't broken yet. I WILL NOT BE PURCHASING A MANUAL CAR!!
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