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Cuba, the Caribbean Islands,
and Central America in 2001
Honduras
Bec2004-09-17 17:59:05
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Tegucigalpa
I went directly to the Hotel Iberia where I had stayed in 1993. It was just a block from the 1732 "Iglesia de Los Dolores" in the city centre, a safer area than where the busses stop in lower town Comayagüela.
Then I went to see the nearby Plaza Morazan and the Cathedral built between 1765 and 1782. I arrived on a Saturday and the plaza was filled with people out for a walk.
Many had gone into the Cathedral to pray, to look at the intricate gold and silver altar or maybe just to rest their feet like me.
A lot of young men were just loitering, looking at the world go by. Unemployment is high in Honduras like everywhere else in Central America. That's why you have to watch yourself, especially in isolated places and after dark.
I stayed a few days visiting museums, reading and doing my usual traveller's chores such as getting photos developed, writing dates and details on the back and mailing them back home. I take more than a thousand photos on a trip. There is no way I could remember all the dates, places and names if I waited to get home to get them developed. Also, all these photos weigh several 3 kilos; sending them home in lots of about 200 along with all the books and documentation I gather helps to keep my backpack under 10 KGs.
San Pedro Sula
The bus for the 4 hour ride from Tegucigalpa was not as comfortable as the Tica bus but it was better than an ex school bus. The views driving through the mountains were stupendous.
I walked up to the Parque Central and took a room in the nearby Hotel Nilo for 10 $US.
It was now midweek and here also there were a lot of unemployed young men loitering around the Parque Central with nothing to do. No wonder most shops hire private armed guards to protect them from robbery.
I found the archaeological museum interesting. Visiting
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See photographs from:
Honduras Gallery
