Background: Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage.
May 15th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Second and I was headed off to Honduras to go scuba diving just off Utila in the Bay Islands. We thought it was a shorter trip but ended up taking us about 2 days due to a pretty poor infrastructure ... 16 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila ja.. also ich hiermit mal in utila..mal wieder so ne voellig abgefahrene sache.. diese insel war wohl frueher von piraten bevoelkert.. und heute..nach weiterhin schlechter bildung etc. inklusive eine ... 1 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila I've heard for a long time that Honduras is the cheapest place to dive in the world, and from what I've seen it definetely lives up to that reputation. The island of Utila has a dozen or so diveshops ... [full story]
May 13th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Copan Ruins Hi everyone!!
It's been a while since I've posted, so thought I'd just drop a note to say I'm still alive and kicking. Actually, I have a lot of great updates (birthday celebration, things at schoo ... [full story]
March 30th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Copan NOTE: this is the first entry of a new set of entries related to a multi-country trip from March to May of 2008.
My main goal was to visit Roatán, the Hondurean Caribbean island. I knew, tho ... 11 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Copan Ruins hey.. ich weiss ich war ja schon einige ruinen anschauen.. wenn ich da so an mexico und guate zurueckdenk.. aber wisst ihr was.. wenn man das ganz schnell anschaut.. naemlich wie in der ueberschrift e ... 1 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Saa var det tid for Honduras.. Kine bestemte seg for aa bli med oss videre, siden ho ikke hadde noen spesielle planer. Og torsdagt 17.april dro vi fra San Pedro. Vi haapte at vi skulle komme oss fort ... 63 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » La Mosquitia
Our adventure started way back in the hills of Northern Nicaragua in a small town called Matagalpa. Some friends of ours, Carl and Lou, were also inspired to venture out to the Mosquito Coast, and ... [full story]
April 24th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Copan Ruins
Bueno, pues aqui estamos de nuevo, esta vez para relatar nuestra corta estancia por el vecino del norte de El Salvador, Honduras. Corta estancia porque solo estuvimos 4 dias, ya que con eso de la fa ... 11 photos[full story]
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