The cathedral in Comayagua

Hopping around Honduras

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March 20th 2009
A town called thankyou Gracias, one of a series of towns on the 'Ruta Lenca'; the mountainous and indigenous zone of Western Honduras. We planned to visit the cloud forest but never foresawthat none of the four banks would have an ATM, so spent the next day retracing our steps to Santa Rosa and chasing round town looking for a machine that would work. The frustrations of Central Ame ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras

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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