| Page Views: 100 Last Visit to Honduras: June, 2009 | Honduras - The essence of Central America by calcaf38 - last update: Aug 22, 2009 |
Honduras is a small country the size of Pennsylvania, nestled between Guatemala and El Salvador to the West, and Nicaragua to the East. It is a mostly mountainous country, with a long Atlantic coast and a short Pacific coast. Honduras is a poor but not destitute country, once almost synonymous with the culture of bananas, and more recently a major coffee exporter and center of clothes manufacturing.
Ideally, Honduras should be savored in a leisurely fashion. Inexpensive, safe, and friendly, it would make an ideal backpacker destination over weeks, maybe months. Unfortunately, I had only one week to spend there, but I made the most of it. If you look at a map of Honduras, you will see that I only visited the North and West part of the country. I will need to return some day for the magnificent cathedral in Coyamagua, the historical mining towns near the capital, and the notorious Moskitia (Mosquito Coast). |
|  | Until very recently, Honduras didn't have much of an image: Guatemala would have been your first choice for Mayan ruins, Costa Rica for nature, and Colombia for coffee... But after visiting there, I can tell you that what Honduras lacks in its international P.R. budget, it makes up in beauty, heart, and wits. It is by far the least touristickated country I have ever visited, yet I found countless treasures there, some in unexpected places. |
| | On a mundane VT level, I couldn't decide whether to build a jumbo Honduras page, or individual pages for each stop I made. In the end I elected to build this introductory page as an overview, and also some individual pages where I will go deeper in detail.
These are the stops I made, with dedicated pages:
Gracias Lempira and Celaque National Park
Tela, Punta Izopo, and Triunfo de la Cruz
Santa Rosa de Copán
Copán Ruinas
La Campa
If you wish to explore authentic Mesoamerican culture, I recommend Honduras as an ideal destination. I'm so happy I went there: I left a bit of my heart somewhere in the mangrove, or in the cloud forest, or possibly on one of those dilapidated buses... |
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| Pros: | "Beautiful smiling people, stunning nature, immense historical interest" | | Cons: | "Unvaried food, political volatility due to loaded past" | | In A Nutshell: | "Go NOW, before everyone finds out!" |
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starship Tue Sep 29, 2009 16:30 UTC
Really interesting account of places visited in Honduras. The transportation system seems to be an experience in itself. I have only visited Roatan to date. | Ataurique Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:36 UTC
Great work! I wish I could go there right now...but sadly I've got some other priorities before visiting Honduras...damn! (-; | angiebabe Mon Sep 7, 2009 14:29 UTC
Nice being back in your pages - and I now would really like to go visit Honduras - and a few other places in Central America and the Caribbean..... | xaver Sun Aug 16, 2009 19:46 UTC
it's a really nice introduction to honduras, I hope I can go before it gets too late. |
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