By reh on 9/14/2004

September 14, 2004

And, finally, you probably thought the Hotel California is in someplace like, maybe, California. Not so! As this picture clearly shows, the hotel made famous in the lyrics of the Eagles’ song by the same name is actually located in the low-rent side of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a barrio called Comayaguela.

By reh on 9/13/2004

September 13, 2004

The primary purpose of this trip was to finalize arrangements for Anabel for the next year. The trip rapidly settled into the tedium that comes with making arrangements for an 8 year old girl. We also rapidly came to know that little girls are high maintenance, regardless of origin.

By reh on 9/12/2004

September 12, 2004

We are not used to the level of security found in poorer Central American countries. There are armed guards at every establishment from Pizza Hut to mall department stores. Businesses such as banks, travel agencies and office buildings have an armed guard outside the locked entrance door and an armed guard inside with the key. The weapon of choice out doors is a shotgun with a pistol grip. The weapon of choice inside is an oversized 9mm pistol. The following pictures were taken within one block of the hotel:
     

 

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By reh on 9/11/2004

September 11, 2004


In the publication Let’s Go: Central America, Krutzinna, Benjamin et al, 2003, St. Martin’s Press, New York, under the heading Honduras, subheading Southern Honduras, page 446, our destination is described as follows:
“A thin expansion of Honduras runs south to the Golfo de Fonseca, giving the country all-important access to the Pacific Ocean. Travelers here are usually en route to some place else: both El Salvador and Nicaragua are an easy trip down the Carretera Panamericana. Traveling south from Tegucigalpa, a road heads west to the Salvadoran border at El Amatillo from the junction at Jicaro Galan.”

The Honduras map(International Travel Map, Honduras, Scale 1 : 750000, Joyce, Jack, 2000, ITMB Publishing LTD,) shows El Amatillo t ... Read More »