Culture in Pictures: Honduras
This series, started by renaerules, is designed to share the history and culture of Spanish-speaking countries through picture. With help I hope to cover them all over the next few months. Participation is highly encouraged and each person should include a description of the photo they provide. Also, since this thread is not an excersise I think it would be suitable to post in either Spanish or English and let the readers feel free to make corrections in the comment section. There is a lot of information available so hopefully in the end, with everyones help, we will have large pictorial to look back on.
Last week sfrenchie posted a spectacular underwater pictorial from off the coast of Honduras so it is only fitting that we travel there next. A country rich in Mayan culture, El República de Honduras was once known as Spanish Honduras to distinguish it from British Honduras(Belize) to the North. Located South of the Yucatan Penninsula it is one of the countries that make up Central America. Like Panama, it has borders on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. In 1502 Colombus landed on the Bay Islands off it's coast and on to Trujillo which would become one of the first city-capitals. This was his fourth and final voyage. As mentioned the Mayan people were the dominant culture at the time but they weren't alone. Another indigineous tribe was the Lenca although there is little documentation on them. The last part of the 20th century was not too kind in terms of weather, Hurricane Mitch came ashore in 1998 and killed nearly 5000 people not to mention the devistation of land and resources. Mitch hit home within our scuba diving community with an equal blow to Belize just 50 miles to the North.
I hope we can dig up some interesting cultural photos on this one.
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Una mujer patriótica
Check out the monkey running away from the ruins. 
I do not have any pictures but am extremely excited to see them as I am moving to Puerto Lempira in August. I have no idea what any on Honduras is like. I am told that there are no roads to the town. The only way to get there is by plane or ship. The internet sites that I have looked at say that there is a population of 11,000 people so it does not sound so small. It is on what they call the Mosquito Coast because of the Meskito natives that inhabit the region. If any of this is inaccurate please feel free to correct me as I am just learning about where I will be working and living.
On Roatan island, cute little monkeys and giant squirrels/rats (very shy)
Scarlet Macaw - the national bird of Honduras
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Tegucigalpa,, Honduras....modern city life.
Se ve bonito
