Catrachos

Did you know that native Hondurans are called “Catrachos”. The term comes from the mid-19th century when Honduran General Florencio Xatruch returned from battle with his soldiers after defeating American William Walker, whose purpose was to conquer Central America....

Friendly people

I recently posted this on Facebook and was gratified to see the large number of comments from others confirming the same. Here it is: “I was reminded of something while on my morning hike – with every person passing exchanging “Buenos Dias!” – that I had to share: The...

A Perspective on Living in Honduras

A nice perspective of living in Honduras can be found here. From the author: “..My time in Honduras thus far, amounts all in all to a year and three months. I am ‘surprised’ shall we say, to have never even seen a single act of violence in the ‘murder capital of...