Most likely to be a Honduran

Inför resan luftade Namn och Äspered flitigt frågan om vem av de unga tu som lättast skulle smälta in i bananrepubliken. Dåförtiden var de bägge slående överens om att det skulle gå tolv Andreas på dussinet medan Fredrik skulle få ligga i för att hitta en look-a-like i Honduras. Andreas skulle smälta in lika bra bland avgaserna i Tegucigalpa som en lankes på teodlingarna utanför Colombo i Sri Lanka. För Fredriks del skulle det snarare handla om att lyckas undvika att hamna i Honduras ”En ding ding värld” på grund av sin Kaknästornslika längd. Men efter närmare två månaders erfarenheter är tankegångarna annorlunda. För att förstärka effekten av texten tar vi det på engelska. Engelska språket är rikt på uttryck sägs det.

Growth of beard
Almost every hondurean between 18 and 50 is having the moped-mustache. Fredrik is therefore taking advantage with his poor upperlip and chin hairgrowth here. After plenty of attempts to grow a close carpet in Sweden he finally can do it without harrasments. Andreas who has worn moped-mustache since the age of 12 and nowadays has a respectable skipper-wreath (skepparkrans) is the one who is rare here.
Winner: Fredrik

Skin

After a successful tan in Nicaragua and Roatan Fredrik is approaching but its still black on white whos the winner here. Lots of people is taking Andreas for a Hondurean here. And that is also after he has opened his mouth for a chat.
Winner: Andreas

Size

Even Andreas looks tall here. Fredrik aka. Kaknästornet is the worst in the country in the game hide and seek.
Winner: Andreas

Speech

The hondurians mumble with closed mouth. Fredrik use the same speech training and understand them well, Andreas unfortunately doesnt after his time in nationalswedish spoken-Stockholm. On the other hand Andreas is not late on catching up the cool language of the street and salutephrases like “Q onda” and “Todo cheque”.
Winner: Fredrik

The use of the lips while speaking
Instead of pointing with the fingers the hondurians use their lips. The swedish brothers are trying to adept this habit but success. Andreas looks like a twelwe yers old boy playing the “Russian Mail” on a parentsfree party when he is trying while Fredriks appearance while efforting is a good mix between Mårten Goose and Al Capone.
Winner: Mårten Goose

Handle the heat

We were discussing the other day weither you can get used with the heat after a while here. Then Elsa told us that a swedish friend of here who has spend 40 years here still suffer from the heat so the answer has to be no you can´t. None of the Swedish emigrants can handle it right now. Andreas might have thougt he was adapted with the heat when he chosed to wear cottonfilled costume pants on the seven hour trip in 40 degrees between Tegus and La Ceiba. He was not.
Winner: -

Summary: 2-2

Som så många gånger förr är det inte utsidan som är det viktigaste. Att smälta in handlar minst lika mycket om kroppsspråk, gångstil, tankesätt och uttryck som de yttre attributen. T.ex. sägs det att det är under den första veckan efter ankomst som risken att bli rånad är som störst. Osäkerhet, ovetskap om landets koder, och blåögdhet spelar in.

Tala med bönder på bönders vis mas o menos.

/Äspered