Barefoot Charlies

Day 1 in Roatan

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March 27th 2007
This was to be Amy's first day of work at the public hospital in Coxen Hole, Roatan. Coxen Hole is a town about 15 minutes from West End (where our apartment is). Upon arrival at the Hospital Publico, the pediatric clinic was closed and locked, and a doctor informed her that no one was coming in because the hospital workers were on strike. (The cause, apparently, was that the Cuban doctors that w ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Roatán

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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