Honduras
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Courtesy of FluentRoad.com
Traveling to Spain or Latin America this summer and want to say more than "Donde esta el bano?" (though, that's an important one to know)? Lonely Planet has just launched a new online foreign language program, Fluent Road, partnering with Spanish ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Before beginning his doctorate in biomedical sciences, "Alex the Adventure Biker" took a break to realize his lifelong dream: to ride a motorcycle through the Americas. Over the course of nearly a year and a half, he rode his bike through 22 countries as he made his way ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
I'm the kind of person who can conjure up an excuse to visit just about any place. I grew up in Buffalo, America's most unfairly maligned city, and so I identify with underdog destinations – places with bad weather, crime, ugly people, rude people, you name it and I ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
This Photo of the Day is titled "Amapala, Isla del Tigre" and comes from Gadling Flickr pool member Adalberto.H.Vega.
The scene is of the 316-square kilometer volcanic island of Isla del Tigre, not far from the Honduran mainland in the Gulf of Fonseca. Amapala is its ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
Tim Leffel's mission is to help skinflints like me find travel destinations they can afford. He traveled around the world on a shoestring with his wife three times and decided to write a book about the world's cheapest countries after realizing that there was no single ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
The people that steer cruise ships to Caribbean cruise ports have been looking for new places to send ships for quite some time. Formerly satisfied with the standard fare of Western, Eastern or Southern Caribbean itineraries, cruise travelers are tired of the same old thing ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Researchers from the University of Houston have used a high-tech mapping system to discover a lost city hidden away in the jungles of Honduras. The discovery has led some archaeologists and historians to wonder if the legendary Ciudad Blanca, or White City, has been found ...
by Melanie Renzulli (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
What do you want to be doing when the world ends in December? If your answer is exploring Mayan temples ruins, gazing upon volcanoes and waterfalls, and basking in Central America's warm autumn sun all from the seat of your mountain bike, then Tour d'Afrique has a pretty ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
With the possible exception of Argentina, most people don't associate Central or South America with cheese. Like all of Latin America, these countries are a mix of indigenous cultures, colonizing forces, immigrant influences, and varied terroir, climatic extremes, and levels ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
This Sunday marks the Easter Holiday in much of the world, and worshippers everywhere are marking the day with uniquely local traditions. As evidence check out this photo taken by Flickr user Aldaberto.H.Vega in Honduras. As part of Semana Santa locals lay out brilliant ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
An exhibition coming to Philadelphia will tackle this year´s hottest pseudo-archaeological topic: the Mayan prophecy that the world will end in 2012.
"Maya 2012: Lords of Time" at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will explain ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
If the street above looks a little more colorful than the average road, it's because the carpet has been rolled out for Semana Santa, or holy week leading up to Easter. The "carpets" are made from colored sawdust and flowers and illustrate the Stations of the Cross. There ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Our photo of the day comes from Honduras, namely what is called the Banana Coast. This photo taken at sunset exemplifies the natural beauty that can be found in the coastal town of Trujillo that dates back to 1524 when Spanish conquistadors under Hernán ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Residents from local Trujillo, Honduras communities, along with politicians and business leaders joined recently for groundbreaking on a new 50,000-square-foot mainland cruise port, the first in Honduras.
The facility should help answer the call from cruise ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
For years Black Tomato has delighted old travel hands with its inventive, bespoke itineraries to various corners of the globe. The company is especially good at showcasing beautiful destinations not yet well-known to most travelers beyond the surrounding region. Among ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Today's Photo of the Day is a snapshot of the wonderfully green Lancetilla Botanical Garden near Tela, Honduras. It was taken by Flickr user Adalberto.H.Vega. The Lancetilla Botanical Garden is a massive park founded back in the 1920s by the United Fruit Company as a ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf" put together a collection of the ten most affordable private island resorts in the world. The lineup has something for everyone - from a one bedroom shack on the Falkland Islands, to a six bedroom mansion on the side of a cliff - with ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Cigar manufacturers are eager to host consumers. If you happen to be in Honduras or Nicaragua, your request for a tour of the facilities would probably be met with excitement and a warm welcome. But, you can get more than that. As the manufacturers and retailers struggle ...
by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Honduras' Bay Islands - the large islands of Roatan, Utila and Guanaja, plus Cayos Cochinos and the Swan Islands - sit about 40 miles off the coast of the mainland in the Caribbean Sea. While the islands are as beautiful as any others in the Caribbean and offer long ...
by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Imagine walking down a lush green aisle to a small open-air wooden structure where billowy white curtains frame a view of a valley spread below and blueish mountains in the distance. An intimate group of family and friends has gathered to watch you say your vows on this ...
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