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US renews Honduras Travel Warning 20 Jun 2013 | 04:16 am
Honduran President Pepe Lobo and Minister of Tourism Nelly Jerez The US State Department has issued another Travel Warning for Honduras. I thought it would be interesting to compare the wording in t...
Rhinoceros beetle 19 May 2013 | 10:59 am
Big beetle - a rhino? I thought this might be a rhinoceros beetle based on its size. It would have to be a female since it doesn't have the distinctive rhino horns, but there are so many varieties an...
What happened here? 17 May 2013 | 11:05 am
Moving? What happened here? What's this? Heavy spring cleaning? Floor polishing? Did you have a flood? Painting? Are you moving? Read on and weep... One morning I was sitting at my desk, list...
Simple shopping 15 May 2013 | 11:15 am
My (not so new anymore) new chair – comfy! This is another one of those old articles that never got posted. I think this one is a couple of years old. A few months ago, we made our annual pilgrimag...
La Gringa can't kill a chicken 14 May 2013 | 01:28 am
Three chicks out and one to go Once again we have baby chicks. When these hens get broody, they go off and hide somewhere to sit on their eggs. I was beginning to think that something was eating our ...
2013 La Ceiba Gran Carnaval International Schedule 14 May 2013 | 12:02 am
Queen of the Feria Isidra Images: La Prensa, Honduras I have a little more information about La Ceiba's 41st annual Gran Carnaval Internacional. Saturday, May 11, was the coronation of Hydee Samant...
Tribute to a fallen police officer - Edgardo Galdámez 8 May 2013 | 01:56 am
Edgardo Galdámez Vásquez Yesterday afternoon I was reading "El precio de ser policía en Honduras" (The price of being a police officer in Honduras) on Proceso Digital. The article states that an aver...
Weather: dreary with smoke 3 May 2013 | 09:52 am
Dreary? The weather websites are coming up with some interesting tags these days. Sunny, cloudy, rain, snow: I'm sure they get tired of those. I was on a Honduras website and noticed a weather widget...
La Ceiba Gran Carnaval is May 25, 2013 3 May 2013 | 09:33 am
La Ceiba Gran Carnival Image: La Prensa, Honduras Thanks to a reader who asked the Municipal Tourism folks, I found out that my guess was right. The final big celebration and parade will be on Saturd...
I don't know the dates of the 2013 La Ceiba Carnival, do you? 1 May 2013 | 08:23 am
La Ceiba's Carnival parade When is the La Ceiba Carnival? That question pops up every year and every year I make fruitless attempts to find an answer including emailing the municipal tourism office. ...
