In you weren't watching ESPN this past Wednesday night, you obviously aren't Honduran, because every Honduran was watching. The race for entrance to the world cup is underway and on Wednesday Honduras beat El Salvador 1-0. That combined with USA's win over Costa Rica put Honduras in a secured position to go to South Africa to play in the next round of the world cup tournament.
This is a local gas station where dozens of people, if not hundreds come to watch the game being projected onto the walls for all to see. You have to be careful when Honduras scores a goal. People are cheering, honking and firing off their guns (which are in no short supply here).
After the game people got in their cars and paraded down the main street. This was taken at 9:00 at night.
They hang out their windows honking and cheering.
The government even called Thursday a national holiday. All the public schools had the day off. We didn't because we're private, but I still had a number of students absent. Some of my students had to give presentations on Thursday. Some of them asked if they could reschedule because they had lost their voices from the night before while they were out to 1:00 a.m. in the streets and parks celebrating with friends and family....good times.
In you weren't watching ESPN this past Wednesday night, you obviously aren't Honduran, because every Honduran was watching. The race for entrance to the world cup is underway and on Wednesday Honduras beat El Salvador 1-0. That combined with USA's win over Costa Rica put Honduras in a secured position to go to South Africa to play in the next round of the world cup tournament.
This is a local gas station where dozens of people, if not hundreds come to watch the game being projected onto the walls for all to see. You have to be careful when Honduras scores a goal. People are cheering, honking and firing off their guns (which are in no short supply here). 
After the game people got in their cars and paraded down the main street. This was taken at 9:00 at night.
They hang out their windows honking and cheering.
The government even called Thursday a national holiday. All the public schools had the day off. We didn't because we're private, but I still had a number of students absent. Some of my students had to give presentations on Thursday. Some of them asked if they could reschedule because they had lost their voices from the night before while they were out to 1:00 a.m. in the streets and parks celebrating with friends and family....good times.
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