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Paris, Honduras
When God (or was it the Spanish?) divided up Central America in to separate countries it was quickly noticed by the auditors that Honduras had pulled the short straw. There were no smoking volcanoes to place pretty colonial towns at the base of, no Pacific side worth visiting to attract surfer dudes, no thin bit to build a canal through and only 3 …
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Blackout at the ruins
... sleep but the walls reverberated with the music until at least 1.30am. This was noisier than West End, Roatan on a Friday night!
We appeared to be the only guests at La Canada and there were just two breakfast places laid on Wednesday morning. It was adequate but spoiled by being served on disposable plates with plastic cutlery. Maybe this had something to do with the town’s water and power problems. Both had been coming and going since we arrived ...
An Historic Honduran Diary
... for advice because their bank cards weren’t working in any of the ATMs. We solved all their problems by responding, “Hmmm, really? That’s weird. Ours work fine.” before hurrying on, quite satisfied with our generosity of spirit). Then on to Copán Ruinas, a cute little city on the Honduran-Guatemalan border famous for the Mayan ruins just out of town. Simply thrilled to once again have the chance to indulge our everlasting love of cobble.
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Lake Yojoa and Pulhapanzak Waterfall
... waiting for news about their loved ones.
We have coffee at the central square, amazed by the number of armed guards standing in front of a bank entrance. Several of us remark that we have never felt unsafe in the country, yet it is unnerving to see so much firepower all around. We visit the museum of Comayagua to see excellent displays of ancient artifacts pre-dating the Mayan civilization ...
One Day - Three Countries
We were up before the alarm again. Actually, more than a half hour before the alarm and we got ready faster than I expected so we went off to the restaurant only to find that almost everyone else was already there even though it wasn't scheduled to open until 7:30. We left Suchitoto at 8 am and I managed to get a few photos of the almond trees for which the hotel was named.
We drove through the mountains of El Salvador towards the Honduras ...


