Getting ready for the big day

El día de independencia.

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September 20th 2008
If you think the 4th of July is big, you should visit Honduras the 15th of September. Or the 14. or the 13. In Honduras, celebrations start the 13th and go until the 15. Children get almost a week off school. Santa Rita is a town of 7,000 or so, and they had three parades with no less than 5 schools. I had no idea it was this big. The 12th, all the teachers worked from 12 in the afternoon ... 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