¡Voy A Viajar A Honduras!

Honduras

El nombre del país: Republica de Honduras

La capital del país: Tegucigalpa

Otros ciudades importantes:

Tegucigalpa Copán Lempira San Pedro Sula La Ceiba Tela

¿Donde está ?Honduras está a la derecha de El Salvador, cerca de Nicaragua, y lejos de Estados Unidos. El país está debajo de Belize y izquierda de las Islas Caimán.

¡Nosotros vamos a ir en el mes de

mayo y la la estácion de primavera!

En mayo, hace buen tiempo. Que puede llover en el continente pero hace calor en las islas de bahía (The Bay Islands).

¿Cuándo vamos a ir?

¿Cuándo vamos a ir?

Honduras en el mes de mayo y en la estácion de primavera.

¿Qué ropa voy a

tomar? Estoy tomando un traje

de baño, los pantalones cortos, los bluyíns, los tenis, los vestidos, las sandilias, los botas, las camisetas, un paraguas, las bufandas, y las blusas. ¡Tiene que estar preparado!

Viajar a Honduras, nosotros volamos por Delta en

Raleigh, Carolina del Norte. Partimos a las seis y veinte de la mañana del aeropuerto pero a las tres en punto de mi casa en Jacksonville. El billete de avión cuesta 797.05.

¿Cómo llegar?

¿Cómo llegar?

Llegamos en La Ceiba, Honduras a las once menos diez de la mañana del día siguiente. The trip’s duration time on the flight to Honduras is 6hrs and 37 mins. I went to priceline.com for my ticket because I’m “barato“ and my layovers are really long.

Itinerario

The flight to Honduras…

Itinerario

The flight home…

El coste

¡Ahora estamos aquí!

Whoo Hoo!

¡Tiempo de fiesta!La Ceiba Carnaval

For every one US Dollar = 19.80 Honduran Lempira

Wouldn’t you feel rich if every dollar bill you had spent like 20???

Moneda de Honduras

So 20 US Dollars spend like 396 Lempira… Imagine

Beautiful and colorful money

Hotel Palma Real

An all inclusive hotel rated at 3 to 4 stars depending on the site.

El Coste

For a stay of 2 weeks, such as May 15- May 31st would cost $ 1,799… $ 122 a night. Once again, “soy barato”, so I found this hotel through hotels.com so the price is reduced.

Hotel Perks

The hotel includes:

Accommodation

(Buffet meals with options a la carte

restaurant in season)

(Snack Bar)

(Unlimited house drinks)

(Entertainment activities day and night)

All-Inclusive Hotel

Kayaks Mini-golf (Chairs and pool towels)

(Tennis day)

Disco (Wireless Internet in lobby and kiosks) (Taxation)

All-Inclusive Hotel cont’d.

Hotel Palma Real

¿Donde es el hotel? Hotel Palma Real

está cerca de la cuidad de Le Ceiba. El hotel está fuera de la cuidad que tiene La Ceiba Carnaval.

Paradise Found Bar &

Grill A restaurant that serves

barbecue, seafood– which the coast of Honduras is known for– continental, pizza and pasta.

Holds great reviews and appears to have great service.

Small, comfortable, and cheap with beachfront dining.

YUM!

Blackened center cut pork chop

Rave reviews

Comida típica

The national dish is called “plato típico“ and it consists of beef on a skewer, pork sausage, pork crackling, refried kidney beans, white cheese, rice, sour cream, salad, cheese, and fried plantain slices.

Otras comidas típicas Burritas

Shredded meat, refried beans, cheese, and avacado

Tamales Bone-in meat, veggies, and

potatoes Pastelitos de carne

Deep fried flour pastries filled with meat, rice, and potatoes

Tostones Deep fried plantains

Usual meal consists of meat, rice, beans, side salad and/or plantains

Tamale

Places I’d Like toVisit

Pulhapanzak Waterfall The biggest waterfall in Honduras.

The waterfall has an 140 ft. drop from the top. Its popularity is usually attributed not only to its beauty but its accessibility at the base and in a cave behind the fall.

Bay Islands Host of beautiful beaches and

reefs.. I’d love to just tread through the pretty clear blue waters.

Parque Nacional La Tigra National park brimming with

wildlife. Basílica de Suyapa

The largest church in central america.

Deportes, Musíca, y Danza

The national sport is fútbol. Tennis and golf are other well loved sports in Honduras.

The typical dance of the Honduran people is the punta-- also the chumba and hunguhungu (variations of the punta). You dance with only your feet and your back. Very fast and enjoyable.

The typical music belongs to the punta as well. Groups like La Bada Blanca, and La Tribu

Lenca

Honduran fútbol

The punta

Aspectos distintivos

Unique Traditions Christmas is celebrated at

midnight on 12/24 w/ prayer & meal following

Fireworks for Christmas Creation of an old man (life

size doll) to represent the old year & at midnight 1/1 it is set on fire

Cultural Facts Origin of the Mayan

civilizations ruins When a couple of marines

their new family assumes both of their names

El año viejo doll

The mayan ruins

Aspectos distintivos

Values Family values are

strong and kids are taught early on that you trust family completely and think twice about others.

Girls expected to be quiet and helpful and boys are given a greater freedom

Celebrations Easter parade

Somber event like a funeral procession for Jesus.. Streets covered in colored saw dust in the shapes of religious pictures.. All done by volunteers

Birthdays Usually shared with a

meal and piñata Independence Day falls

on 9/15

Tenemos que ir

Hay que ir a: The Bay Islands

Beautiful beaches Pyramids of Copán

Mayan Ruins Puerto Cortes

More beautiful beaches

En Todos

Cuando voy a Honduras… Being that for every US Dollar is just about 20

Lempira, once the hotel and plane trip is paid for I’d bring an extra thousand dollars because there it would feel like 19,800 dollars.

So in total, I would bring $ 3, 600 for a 15 day vacation. That is quite a bargain for all that Honduras has to offer!

Bargain!!!

Interesting Facts

Handshakes are performed by both men and women as an acceptable form of greeting

Many say “Si Dios Quiere” (god willing) when commitments are made whether personal or business to seal the deal

Nicknamed Banana Republic because it grows and exports a lot of bananas

Honduras was originally known as Higüeras, the name of a native plant.

Although Honduras is predominantly Roman-Catholic, many couples do not get married in a church. In fact some prefer to have civil ceremonies or live in common law.

¡Adíos!¡Hasta Pronto!

Bye, Bye Now!

Alisha Baggett Fall 2012