Honduras

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (27 days 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 months 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 months 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 ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
A hammock
Hammocks aren't just places for tourists to relax, they are a way of life for the people in Honduras. A lack of modern conveniences like air-conditioning in a place where the tropical heat can be oppressive means that families tend to do their socializing ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Located in the northwest of Honduras, just a few miles from the Guatemalan border, the area known as Copan has a landscape of lush green rolling hills, coffee plantations and cattle ranches. This is pure cowboy country. In Copan Ruins, horses clip-clop softy over the ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
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After a week in Honduras, ziplining through the canopy, drinking $1.50 beers on a deserted white sand beach, slaughtering my Spanish pronunciation as I bought a ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
The wild west cowboy is an American icon. Buffalo Bill. John Wayne. The Marlboro Man. These guys were as tough, rugged and wild as the west itself. They represented everything exciting and romantic about the undiscovered western half of the country. But this area of the US ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
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Travel writer, founder of The Galavanting Girls, and creator of the Travel Blog Exchange conference, Kim Mance will soon be setting off ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Honduras has two carriers that fly among San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, and the Bay Islands. Those are Islena Regional (a division of TACA) and Aerolineas Sosa, "Su linea Aerea Amiga" (Your Airline Friend!) Among other aircraft, TACA operates a few ATR-42s on these routes, a 42 ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Vacation lodging in Honduras is as varied as its landscape. One can splurge at a five star luxury hotel in the city, share bunks at a hostel in Utila or rent a cabana on the beach in Roatan. Each accommodation offers a different angle of Honduras highlighting a different ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Today I've been keeping a close eye on the happenings in the Honduras -- it appears that even though military troops have sent President Jose Manuel Zelaya into exile, and there have been a few skirmishes between demonstrators and the Honduran police, the country remains ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
If you're in the tourist frame of mind when planning your trip to Honduras, three regions are going to come forth as possible locations to visit: The Bay Islands, The Northern Coast and Copan. Each destination serves a special purpose, each a varied look into the prism of ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Honduras usually isn't the first place that people think of when they think of vacationing in Central America. Big players in the market like Costa Rica, Cancun and Cozumel consume the majority of the market, while many think that other countries in the region are unsafe or ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
All Joao Correa wanted to do was go to the bathroom. He ate something bad and needed to get it out of his system ... we've all been there. A beverage cart stood in his way, but that wouldn't deter the spirit of this passenger. He asked to use the first class lavatory: ...

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Our specially selected travel deal for today will fly you to Roatan Island, off the coast of Honduras. This Caribbean island is a fantastic destination for divers, or anyone else looking for a bit of beach relaxation. The deal starts at $425 (based off a Houston departure) ...

by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
I've always dreamed of visiting the Mayan ruins of Central America, so Flickr user pirano's image from Copan immediately caught my eye. Deep in the jungle of countries like Honduras and Guatemala lie the remains of huge temples, ballcourts and statues, scattered across a ...

by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (11 months ago)
Welcome back to another weekly installment of our Gadling and BootsnAll Picks of the Week. Every Friday we've been taking a look at 4-5 of the most interesting stories from our friends at independent travel website BootsnAll. What strange destinations, thought-provoking ...

by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Stephen Regenold is better know by his pseudonym, The Gear Junkie, which he uses when he writes his nationally syndicated column on outdoor adventure and equipment. Recently he penned a story for Travel+Leisure Magazine listing the ten best spots to go SCUBA diving in the ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
With Continental's fall fares well underway, I've been toying around with the idea of going down to Honduras for a long weekend this November. Just off of the north coast of the Central American country are the Bay Islands, home to some magnificent beaches, crystal clear ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
With many of our travel budgets shrinking this season, now is a great time to consider the halfway point between that costly trip to Europe and the staycation that you've been dreading. Oh yes, I'm talking about Central America. Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica and ...
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