The Mountains meet the Ocean in La Ceiba

Planes, Boats, and Buses

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April 7th 2006
With our feet buried in Honduran sand, Dad and I sighed with relief after a long 2-day journey across three countries by planes, boats, and buses. There is no travel more exciting than when the plans are spontaneous and very flexible. The following is a run down of the means by which we traveled, the bumps we ran into along the way, and finally the results of a successful mission. To accompli ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands

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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