Tegucigalpa, Honduras Travel Blogs

HONDURAS
Jul 31, 2006 (17 photos)

... of the restaurant without paying for our drinks. We just hope the owner doesn't catch us, as there's only one boat a day out of this island! We've just a quick overnight stop now in the capital Tegucigalpa, before head towards the border with Nicaragua.

Kinda like flying to the capital city
Jan 23, 2007 (6 photos)

... morning boat ride from Utila to the mainland, we took a taxi to the luxury bus line for the long trip to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. We have been making a point to avoid capital cities thus far in our travels since neither of us care for big ...

Tegucigalpa
Oct 7, 2006

... of a white-knuckle ride (but at least I know I have overcome the sea sickness!). From there we got a bus to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Only staying one night as we want to head down into Nicuragua. We went out for a Chinese, which was huge ...

Hondurasī Capital City
Jul 5, 2004

After a 10 hour overnight bus from Trujillo, I arrived in Tegucigalpa, the busy capital city of Honduras. There really isnīt all that much to see or do here but I wasnīt ready to ride any more buses today to get to Nicaragua. So I just had a look around ...

Tegucigalpa
Nov 11, 2004

Hi Guys, You can read our update from Tegucigalpa in our entry from Omoa, Honduras entitled 'A Taste of the Carribean'. Cheers, K & S

Tegucigalpa
Jul 30, 2006

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Stop over on our way to Nicaragua
Mar 19, 2007

On our way to Leon in Nicaragua, we sleep over in Tegucigalpa...

The Big City
Jun 19, 2007 (4 photos)

... Roatan just after 6an, by 7am we were on the ferry to La Ceiba and around 10.30am we were on a bus on our way to Tegucigalpa. The journey took all day long, and when we arrived in the big city we took a taxi to our chosen hostel just before dark - only ...

Bad, itīs all bad here! (with poo update)
Jul 16, 2005

... to be avoided at all cost, and this really is no joke. Within an hour of arriving in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa we were a mess. Crime, drugs and prostitution are rife among the uneducated masses. I blame the Government for the illiteracy - if I ...

Los Otros
Dec 13, 2001 (1 photos)

... of Berger King, we figured she must know where a nice theatre would be. So we walked and walked in the darkness of Tegucigalpa looking for this cinema she talked about. The street were narrow and curving everywhere, not long, we were lost. We came upon ...

Bumpy ride to Hondurus
Dec 12, 2001

... for such a long distance, fortunately my backpack was not heavy. We hopped on the Tica bus again and headed towards Tegucigalpa, the Hondurian Capital. Unlike the El Salvador side of the Pan-American highway, the Hondurian side's road was in extremely bad ...

Premiere journee a Tegucigalpa
May 5, 2007

... qui parlent seulement espagnol... on verra bien. Aujourd;hui je suis aller faire le tour du centre ville de tegucigalpa (tegu). C;est extremement pauvre. On a marche dans un grand marche, style marche aux puces. C;est bouleversent ...

Another day another robbery!!
May 2, 2007

Ok, well things have taken another turn for the worse and if you have noticed by the map above, we are back in Tegucigalpa again!! I will explain all but you will have to be patient as this is quite a long story!! Most other blogs just feature a ...

Onwards to Tegucigalpa
Nov 7, 2006

So the next day we got another pick-up down to the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. Conor stayed here 6 years ago and we managed to get in touch with them and we had some great times. The family are really beautiful people and the children all speak very ...

Anyone for some fast food?
Nov 25, 2006

Left as early as we could, didnīt see the point in hanging around...time to make a quick exit. Headed to the nearby...yeah right...bus station. Knew it would proabably be expensive, it was a luxury service....but just wanted to get out of the place. Bus ...

Goodbye to the Embassy
Jul 11, 2003 (4 photos)

Well, today was to be my last official day of work at the Embassy. I decided to take the next week and a half off to do some local travel and just chill. But as I should have guessed, they've already asked me to come back on Monday and Tuesday for a few ...

Playa, pescados y adventura
Jun 11, 2007 (10 photos)

Salut tout le monde, Comment allez-vous??? Pour ma part, je vais super bien. Le voyage a Amapala s'est déroulé sans problčme. Je vous raconte: Tout a commencer par un voyage de 2h30 dans une bus "top confort" muni d'immenses fenętre me permettant d' ...

Relaxation at last
Mar 6, 2007

... ) in a nice area, its a big city with lots of ammenities and is close to all the bits of Honduras we are interested in seeing.  So fingers crossed for some positive news, we are meeting our coordinator tomoorrow, who inconveniently buggered ...

Time flies...
Apr 4, 2003 (4 photos)

... dinner with the new incoming Naval Commander who is working with the Honduran military on their national military operations within Honduras. I felt like a chump b/c we went to Tony Roma's! But sometimes it's nice to go somewhere you know. The crappy ...

And you wonder why...
May 20, 2003

... Honduras has to work with: *5400-5900 uniformed police of whom 514 are commissioned officers for the country of 6.5 million *Tegucigalpa had 1100 police for 1 million people and at least 18,000 gang members. *The second largest city of San Pedro ...

The second poorest country in the americas
May 13, 2007

One thing that really struck me when traveling for days on end through the baron landscapes of central America (apart from the hundreds of gangsters trying to sell you US dollars at the border crossings) is the rubbish. Well actually the lack of rubbish ...

Honduras
Dec 30, 2006

Driving through Honduras

tegucigalpa
Mar 4, 2007

stayed at tobacco rd.

Smacking into the Hurdle
Feb 5, 2000

I am arriving at the midpoint of my time in Honduras. I understand my job. I am familiar with the areas of my work. I am able to complete a week with a group without running into too many unexpected events. However, a combination of things has illuminated ...

This and That
Jun 17, 2003 (9 photos)

Work is busy as usual--always something going on here in the Political section. My de-mining trip to Choluteca was very interesting and informative--and extremely HOT. It's a very dry heat that they have down there and it was pretty damn hot. It was ...

Dazed and Confused
Apr 10, 2003

... , once a month the rations are distributed to the poor within the community. We were there with some American kids from Mission Honduras (a religiously affiliated group in the US). But the BEST part of all was that about 10 kids from the area were there ...

Floods, Volcanoes, Crime, and Hurricanes
Oct 29, 1999

... of the little republic developed more life for me.  I was in the "Heights of Paradise" yesterday, an area of Tegucigalpa that had not suffered much rain and wind damage from the Hurricane but rather was left stranded for days without water and ...

Spending time in Tegus
Aug 23, 2005

... perfect ending to a great time on the island. When we got back to Honduras the day was mainly spent on an uneventful bus trip to Tegucigalpa (Tegus to the locals). It was dark by the time we reached the city so we hopped in a taxi and found a hotel. John ...

Fun stuff
Jun 9, 2003 (7 photos)

... CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement). What they are doing is having each CA country host a round locally...and it's Honduras' turn now. Although I'm not working in the ECON section, all interns have been called upon to help. I'm already in ...

Tegus (as the locals call it)
Oct 21, 2008

... National Art Gallery which was unmemorable, and the National Identity Museum which had lots of fascinating facts about the history of Honduras, starting 150 million years ago! The most exciting fact I learnt was that there used to be giant rodents called ...