Guatemala City to Esteli, Nicaragua While traveling by school bus from 3pm until 7am, we listened to select favorite tunes of the bus driver nonstop. At 4am, Lisa awoke to hear "Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic blaring over the speakers and did a little "Dawes Dance" to the beat. Sing along outloud to understand our journey through Honduras. Bus enters Honduras music ques- Pump up the jam Pump it up While your feet are stompin' And the jam is pumpin' Look at here the crowd is jumpin' Pump it up a little more Music pauses, bus stops, Honduran cop enters [View Full Entry]

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My journey so far has been fairly uneventful. The flight to Houston, was long, dull and cold- I do not like ac. The air hostesses reminded me of Stepford wives, mechanical in their actions, their painted faces in a permanent grin/grimace. My body and mind were confused by the 10.5 hours of sunshine during the flight- would it ever get dark again? I braced myself for the interrogation I was led to believe I would experience at American customs. I was instead greeted by a friendly and welcoming customs officer. Probably something to do with my gender, colour of skin and [View Full Entry]

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So that unexpected night in Nacaome, Honduras was a plast. Beacuse it took us an extra day to try to get to Isle del Tigre, my friends Paddo and Gaz decided they didn't have time to spare and had to move on for a three week deadline to get to Panama City. So that morning we all got up really early...6 am...guess who wasn't happy about that. Got on a bus to Jicaro Galan in hopes of finding Gaz and Paddo a Tica bus to get them into Nicaragua. The celebrity status continued as we walked to the buses. A short [View Full Entry]

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In our Lonely Planet guide, Central America on a Shoestring, there was a great listing for a microbrewery/hotel near Lago de Yojoa, a picturesque lake in central Honduras. We got a lift from the Jungle River Lodge at 7 am in the morning of Oct. 9th to La Ceiba, and made our way to the D&D Bed & Breakfast and Microbrewery via San Pedro Sula. By the time we were dropped off by the chicken bus in front of the road to D&D, it had started to rain and the sky was getting darker. D&D was closed. Argh! Unfortunately we didn't [View Full Entry]

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We caught the early ferry leaving Utila at 6:20 am on Thursday, October 8th, to La Ceiba on mainland Honduras. We had spent the last few days trying to figure out what our next move would be and decided to head for the jungle to do a tour or two. We played around with the idea of going to La Moskito, but after being tortured by mosquitos for the last week, the last place I wanted to be was to a place called La Moskito, even though the place was named for the people who lived there and not the insect [View Full Entry]

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On the morning of October 2nd, we took the ferry from La Ceiba to Utila, the westernmost Bay Island and the mecca of diving backpackers. Right off the ferry, we were accosted by many representatives from different dive shops handing us their flyers and telling us their specials. It would have been a bit overwhelming had we not had any idea of where to go. But luckily for us, George had been in communication with one of the dive centers, Underwater Vision, after being recommended by 2 separate individuals: Tony, the guy who we met at the guesthouse in La Ceiba, [View Full Entry]

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Voici que je les photos du Honduras apparaissent enfin, plus de 4 semaines après mon retour.....Vous y retrouverez, j'espère, un peu de Honduras mais aussi la dure réalité des personnes handicapées; quel que soit l'endroit sur Terre il est difficile de grandir et de s'épanouir dans un monde axé sur la performance et le rendement...les barrières sont infinies, qu'elles soient physique ou sociales. Avec les personnes que j'ai côtoyées pendant ces 3 mois, j'ai vu à l'oeuvre une humanité toute simple mais combien manquante sur cette planète....j'espère que ces photos saurons vous inspirer... [View Full Entry]

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From Livingston, we had two options of getting to the Bay Islands of Honduras - the easy way or the cheaper way. Several hotels and hostels in Livingston offered a shuttle service that will take travelers from Livingston (via Puerto Barrios by boat) directly across the border and to the ferry terminal of La Ceiba in time to catch the ferry to the Bay Islands for $50 per person. The cheaper option would be to use public transportation involving a boat ride and 4 different buses and/or minibuses. We chose the cheaper option and may have even made it all the [View Full Entry]

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I'm not sure if it's in the news at home, but it's definitely all over the news here: Ousted president Zelaya is back in Honduras... back in Tegucigalpa. Monday was meant to be the start of our first full week back at school. Monday, just before lunch, there were rumours going around the school that Mel had returned. Interim President Micheletti said this was false and only rumours. Later though, it was confirmed that Mel has indeed back in the country and that he had taken refuge at the Brazilian embassy. We had many parents rushing in a panic to the [View Full Entry]

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Bus after bus and sweat drenched bodies crammed in vans with no air conditioning or open windows we made it to the capital city Teguicigalpa, Honduras. We had no real plans to stay here for more than a night because of the said dangers, but we stretched one night into two and enjoyed our short time here. It was an expensive two days, but as we would find out shortly, Honduras became an expensive holiday across the board. We had to take taxis from place to place beause it was not safe to walk anywhere, but around the air conditioned mall. [View Full Entry]

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