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.
June 14th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Ok...i admit...it is actually the 25th June...we´re in Costa Rica for about 11 more hours and I still have to write about that and Nicaragua. I promise I will...but for now....here´s all about Hondura ... [full story]
June 17th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Yihaa!
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Denne skrivelse omhandler eventyret i Honduras, vilde dyr, vilde dyr der ikke var der, danskere, massere af sol, samt en ... [full story]
June 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Hei!
Talla hetkella olen Utilan saarella, noin tunnin laivamatkan paassa mantereelta. Tarkoitus oli olla taalla vahemman aikaa, mutta tanaan kun vihdoin olin lahdossa, kavikin ilmi etta La Ceiban sa ... [full story]
May 29th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Hard to believe I'm writing this more than a week later.. but I am- desperately trying to get caught back up on at least this trip before I head out to South Africa... so here goes:
Thursday in Ut ... [full story]
June 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila Being a long narrow isthmus of land, Central America has two long coastlines, one of which has the Caribbean Sea lapping at its shores, back up by the second longest reef system in the world - second ... 13 photos[full story]
June 27th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila so.. tuesday evening in utila. and we head to coco loco, some bar that also is part of the pizza nut, (yes, nut, not hut.) for we are in search of good music, booze, and food. and somehow we found ... [full story]
May 28th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila utila, day two. let's see.. that would have been tuesday. memory's already getting shaky. ah, now i remember. tuesday jeff and i woke up early and grabbed coffee and fresh squeezed oj at the mango ... 7 photos[full story]
May 26th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila alright it's monday and our first real day out in utila. the night before we'd signed jeff up for an advanced dive course- essentially 5 dives and some classwork. pete and i, already advanced had ei ... [full story]
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]
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