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The Beginning of the Journey

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July 31st 2008
Hello Everyone!! I´m here!!!! After no more than two hour´s wait in Houston, I arrived the 24th in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, about 11pm local time. A nice man told me they only allowed people to hold signs if they had a ´contact´in the airport, and sure enough, someone had a contact because there was someone holding a sign. It read "Anna Hershy, Los Pinos". The family I stayed with is re ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Western » Copán Ruinas

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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 ha... ... read more