Tag: Honduras
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Official Name: Republic of Honduras Established: 15 September 1821 (Independence from Spain), 1 July 1823 (Independence from Mexico) Population: 9,587,522 (2018 estimate) Religion: 46% Catholic, 41% Protestant Language(s): Spanish Capital: Tegucigalpa Order of Visit: Forty-Seventh First Visit: 14 January 2013 Last Visit: 20 January 2013 Duration: 7 Days Visit Highlights: – Copán: Relaxing and sweating in…
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Sunday 20 January 2013 Highlights: Escaping the island, 22 hours travelling to Granada 😦 We spent 22 hours travelling today. We left the hotel at 5.30 am and after trying to leave the island via a plane we instead got redirected to the Ferry for a very rough crossing back to the mainland. There were…
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Saturday 19 January 2013 Highlights: Worsening and spectacular weather. The weather worsened overnight leading to the cancellation of all today’s Ferries meaning we were stranded on the island. Gabo had to start working on alternative backup plans for tomorrow and the day after just in case we a still stuck on the island.
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Friday 18 January 2013 Highlights: Wild weather. Woke up today to rainy and windy weather that ended up cancelling all plans for the day. Luckily we had our beach dinner last night before everything changed.
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Thursday 17 January 2013 Highlights: Snorkelling in the Caribbean Sea I woke up in the Honduras version of Paradise, great sun, a nice beach and relaxing water rolling in.
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Wednesday 16 January 2013 Highlights: Ferry trip to Roatan Bay Islands. Today was a very long travel day starting at 8 am and ending near 7 pm. In between we spent most of the day in a private van that the group upgraded to which made the day easier. At one point Gabo started a…
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Tuesday 15 January 2013 Highlights: Copán Ruins. Today was a chance to see the last Mayan Ruins for the reminder of my time in Central America. The Mayan empire spread from present day Mexico all the way to Honduras which is an incredible stretch of land for an Empire that started before Christ.
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Monday 14 January 2013 Highlights: New country, Hot Springs, Piñata fun. These 5 am departures really suck, even leaving it to the last minute I had to get up at 4.30 am 😦 Unfortunately for Anna her alarm didn’t go off and since she had no roommate to wake her up she had a real…
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