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I felt 100% safe in the parts of Honduras which I visited. Not coincidentally, I noticed that family ties are very strong there. Everyone seems to be carrying a toddler or accompanying a senior citizen. Even young men who sell bootleg DVDs do it while minding a baby. It's probably an oversimplification, but I had a feeling that Honduran society is basically decent. Leave a Comment
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In the Western part of the country, at least, there are enough churches to satisfy even the most rabid colonial architecture aficionado. Some of the smallest, most humble examples can also be the most touching. We're not talking vertiginous naves and gold-laden altars here, but peaceful and cool sanctuaries, away from the sun and from the worries of the world. Leave a Comment
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 Laundry by Small_World
I'm pretty sure washing clothes in the river was a common activity, regardless of whether the city had running water, and it was where where I ended up bathing during the week I was there (upstream from the cattle, on good days). Leave a Comment
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The napkin is there for a reason, not just good presentation. Please do yourself a favor and wipe the bottle top. Some of the nasty things I've wiped off the top of the bottle defy description. Leave a Comment
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Internet connections are SLOW. Hotmail is very slow connecting and also very slow in loading the inbox. People said that Yahoo mail was fast. Consider getting Yahoo mail before you travel or at least empty your inbox, and divert your junk mail before you leave. The cost of internet in Tela and Trujillo was 25 limp ($1.56) per half hour. I could manage to read one or two messages and send two or three in one half hour with Hotmail. In Utila it was way worse. It is much slower, and costs $12 per hour. I thought that was bad until I found out it was $8 per half hour! I managed to read 1 and send one message to 2 people in a half hour. In Tela I found internet at the Mango Cafe, at the West end of calle 8. There was another on 8 calle at about 4 av. In Utila there are well marked internet access on the main road on both sides of Monkey tail road. In Trujillo, internet is available at a computer school. Go to the west end of 3 calle, turn left and immediately look upstairs to the right for the school. There is a stairway at the side of the building. I saw a poster for an internet cafe, but I don't know where it is.
Oh, by the way, the streets are not marked. 1 Calle is the one that goes past the front of the park and Church; count from there (Also, the Moon guide has town maps). Leave a Comment
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 by DanEnslow
I felt the least safe in Tela after 8:00 when they turned off most of the street lights; maybe they will figure that out soon. I felt much more safe in Trujillo. Leave a Comment
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Be careful when exchanging money especially in the market place. Take small bills eg US$20 being the largest as these are easier to change. Keep a close watch on your purse or wallet and also your passport. It is very difficult to get a replacement passport in Honduras as I know from experience especially if there is no consulate in Honduras. Leave a Comment
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 Lempira by kiwigal_1
The only currency of any real value in Honduras is the US Dollar. I wouldn't risk bringing other currencies. It was possible to get cash advances from my credit card at most major banks (Banco de Occidente, Banco Atlantida and Bancahsa in Tela for example or Banco Atlantida, Credomatico, Aval Card and Honducard in SPS). Most banks are open from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 2:00 to 4:00 from Monday to Friday, and only in the morning on Saturday.
In San Pedro Sula there are always touts trying to get you to change your dollars on the street near the central park. The rate they are offering is usually the same as those of the banks. In Tela, however, I was living there for sometime and new the touts quite well (they knew me by name) and had no qualms about changing my money with them. I didn't have any trouble...
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 by dantes2
Take the trouble to go up the road another kilometer and visit the connecting site known as 'Las Sepulturas.' It is called the 'tombs' for the burials found under the floors of the buildings. But perhaps more importantly it points to how Mayan society organized itself, with relatives of the Ruler of Copan probably being given compounds of their own to live in. If you look at the site carefully you can tell, even by the topography, who was important and who was less important in descending order. The caretakers here are very lonely, few tourists bother to come.But it is certainly worth a visit.One of the workers kicked the dirt and then picked up an object and handed it to me. It was a piece of a Mayan obsidian blade. Leave a Comment
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