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Treasure Hunt on Utila Island

January 20th 2009
The Location: Utila, the smallest of the Caribbean Bay Islands and also the closest to the mainland Honduras, less than 30km away. At night the orange glow of La Ceiba´s city lights can be seen across the water. Most of the 6,000 inhabitants live in Utila Town and I´d say with confidence that after only five days here I could recognise at least half of them. We´ve seen the same people constantl ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila

Honduran Flag 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
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