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.
July 21st 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Tela I did a sufficient amount of thinking in Tela this weekend...
Tela: Glad to be back in San Pedro. Tela is extremely lovely, but I'm still a little under the weather so the energy level was low. But ... [full story]
May 25th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Tela so we wake up in san pedro, opting for a leisurely journey to utila rather than an aggressively early start that would allow us to catch the 9:30am ferry from la ceiba to utila. after all that travel ... [full story]
March 24th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Tela Our last evening in Antigua was spent with our new travelling companions, 5 others plus a trip leader, ie. the man who´s going to book all the buses and sort all the hotels for us. That doesn´t mean h ... 6 photos[full story]
February 20th 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Tela
After a wonderful week in San Andrés, we climbed back on the gringo trail and headed for the Honduran border.
Our last stop in Guatemala was Río Dulce (Sweet River).
It was a cramp ... 7 photos[full story]
February 22nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Tela Tela and Omoa are located at Hundoras Bay not so much away from the Bay Islands. The water is nice especially at Omoa, where it gets a green color due to the high vegitation. The beaches are covered w ... 1 photos[full story]
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