Articles By: catherineh
Easier Ways: My Stint as a Campsite Courier in France
In 2005 I was working for a British travel company at their staff training facility in the Netherlands when I was offered the opportunity to finish up my summer with a six-week stint as a courier (a general assistant) at one of their resorts in the south of France
Charbroiled in Choluteca
In the Honduran border town of Choluteca, the time is almost midnight and the temperature is approximately a million trillion degrees. My friend and I lie on thin foam mattresses in a room that could be mistaken for a cave in a hotel that belongs in a horror movie – three low buildings around a courtyard decorated with discarded lawn furniture, rusty kitchen appliances and even an old car up on cinderblocks.
