The UN has stamped Honduras with the highest murder rate in the world; 14748 murders, 84,767 rapes and 367,832 robberies in 2010. Oh I’m sorry those numbers aren’t for Honduras they are the 2010 crime statistics for the USA. Honduras may have a really high number of murders per capita but unfortunately like most stamps …
Honduras – Murder Capital of the World? A trip report… Read More »
We continued our Mayan education in Copan. After seeing some of the great Mayan ruins, Tikal, Xunantunich, Caracol I did not expect much from the ruins in Copan but they had a surprise in store. Our guide Yobani described it as if Tikal were the New York of the Mayan society, Copan was the Paris. …
We bode farewell to our island paradise, the beautiful reefs and our new friend Haidai after enjoying her wonderful island cooking, fresh baked Snapper, Honduran rice and beans and her beautiful children we headed to our next stop. A quick flight to the mainland, another local bus trip, our destination, Copan and the ancient …
I’m sixty feet from the world I live in but it might as well be a million miles. My strength, my height and my weight mean nothing here, in fact being totally weightless is an advantage. My hands have no value, my feet cannot carry me without artificial limbs, I cannot breath without artificial air.This …
Christmas feels a bit strange when the weather is 80 and you are looking out across the sparkling blue sea but the Christmas magic came back in full as Lou and I sat in a Baptist Church in Roatan on Christmas night listening to the children’s program. Each child stepping up in their Sunday finest …