Chicken Bus, the backbone of the Guatemalan transport system

Honduras

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September 29th 2007
Well it seems like a fair while ago that I first clocked in here on the first night of the trip as so much has gone on since then. As mentioned in the last blog, we're down to 2 trekkers and 3 guides, so has been more like a bunch of friends travelling for the last 10 days or so which has been great. Cancun second night was a bit of a blow out - owing to general excess on the first night we opted ... 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