Opening Ceremony

Island Tour

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April 4th 2007
Today we went with Peggy and Dan to the opening of a government health center in Pandytown, near Punta Gorda (on the other side of the island). It took awhile to drive there on the winding roads, but we got to see a lot of Roatan, which was nice. First we stopped at a restaruant called "The View" for lunch. It sits on a hillside and has great views of the water and the reef. Then, we went to Paya ... 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