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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.

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By thepharleyboy
October 9th 2008

La Ceiba

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

Hey everyone, Sorry that it has been a while, but I am really busy all of a sudden. There seems to be an endless stack of papers to grade. Also, I started Spanish lessons for three hours, two days a week, I am coaching girls basketball, and I am tutoring a little 5 year old boy two days a week. I am starting to not like having 6 different classes, because there is so much stuff to do for them. The girls basketball team is fun, but a lot of them are really whiny and practice is tiring. We had our [View Full Entry]

By thepharleyboy
September 19th 2008

Pictures

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

A gecko in my room
We see these in the house a lot.

Hey Everyone, Sorry I haven´t been able to update this much. The internet is really unreliable. I am going to post a bunch of pictures on this entry. I will write about what is going on later. The computer and internet are pretty slow so I cant do too much at once. So there are some pictures. I will put up more soon. I need to upload some from my camera, and get some from Sarah´s friend. A new foreign teacher came yesterday and he is from Colorado. He graduated from CU in December. I thought I was going to be [View Full Entry]

By thepharleyboy
September 6th 2008

Hey Everyone

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

Hey, Sorry it has been a while since I wrote, but the internet at the school has been broken all week. I am at an internet cafe now and the internet is really slow, so I am only going to write a little. I promise I will post pictures as soon as the intenet at the school works. I am glad to see that so many people are reading this. Hello Brian and Kelly, Uncle Kurt, Uncle Mark, Uncle Dave, Vicky, and anyone else. I just wanted to let everyone know that I am okay and school is going well. I [View Full Entry]

By thepharleyboy
August 28th 2008

The first week of school and more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

Hey, First of all, I have been really busy with school and haven´t had time to post pictures. I will do that next week hopefully. To answer some questions. Yes I have met the kids. Most of them are really great, but one of my fourth grade classes is really difficult to handle. All the other teachers agree with me. The structure of the school makes it so I teach 6 classes a day, 2 in fourth grade, 2 in fifth grade, and two in sixth grade. I am also the homeroom teacher for one of the sixth grade classes, which [View Full Entry]

By thepharleyboy
August 26th 2008

Intro

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

Hey everyone, The internet is finally working at the school, so I decided to start this blog. I will try too write entries about what is going on and post pictures here. It took me a while to get here since my plane in Denver was delayed. I had to stay the night at the Marriot in Miami. When I finally got to the airport in San Pedro Sula, Roy, the cousin of the director of the school was waiting for me. Both my bags arrived, and we drove about 45 minutes to Puerto Cortes. I went to the house and [View Full Entry]

By CoddyandLeanne
July 15th 2008

Leaving One Paradise, Looking for Another

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

Ready to Dive

Our last day in Roatan was another chilled out yet busy day. We began by swimming through another run. We then sat around for the morning recovering but as you have probably gathered this is not a bad spot to do nothing. We were very much looking forward to the afternoon as we were booked on for a dive which is, after all, what the island is famous for. We both have dived in many locations around the world but this is definitely the clearest water we have been in. There are as many dive sites as you have days to [View Full Entry]

By Juanes
December 15th 2006

Beach life here in Omoa

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Omoa

Sunset over Northern Honduras
sunset over the carribean sea taken from the restaurant I was eating in

Have decided to rest here for a day or two before I head south through this country to the capital. The people are very laid back and the weather is reasonable so I wander around and decide to take some fotos. The Beach is not as clean as Placencia in Belize because apparently they have had bad storms here a few years ago which have taken a lot of the white sand away but nevertheless the scenery around this one time fishing village is amazing ! Not too many people taking in the sunshine though because I seem to be about [View Full Entry]

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