Honduras Living

 Following is a list or restaurants.  Although totally subjective, I will rate each one with $ to connote whether expensive ($- $$$$), * wil...

 I haven't posted in this blog for about eight years...  A long sabbatical if you will...  Actually, I was very disillusioned with the d...

1)  Juan Orlando Hernandez won with 35% of the vote.  That means that the vast majority or 65% of the people did not vote for him. 2)  Hon...

I last reviewed Amanda's on Dec. 31, 2009.  Since then, I have dined there countless times and have always been a 'happy camper'...

So sad...a country without patrimony is a country without a soul... Atentado a la cultura de Honduras - Diario El Heraldo de Honduras

Honduras economy on brink of collapse - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Replaying the 2009 Political Crisis I n 2013, Honduras is headed down the same road that led to the 2009 political crisis. Crim...

Below is a recent BBC article. United States returns to Peru last Machu Picchu artefacts Machu Picchu is the main tourist attraction...

I was happy and excited when I saw this article in the BBC's online edition today, until I got to the sentence that read, "Poverty ...

One day this week, my family and I were driving on the 'anillo periferico' in Tegucigalpa.  We passed a motorcycle with two men on i...

I recently had an exchange on my high school's virtual reunion site on Facebook with another alumni.  Now, you must know that I went to ...

Clinica Esperanza to Shut Its Doors After Today Posted on July 8, 2011 by roatanreporter Bogged down by red tape, Nurse Peggy can no longer ...

15 June 2011 Last updated at 16:17 ET Hundreds of US guns were bought, resold and sent to Mexican drug cartels in an Arizona sting operat...

A U.S. Congressional study reports that some 70% of firearms recovered from Mexican crime scenes in 2009 and 2010 can be traced to the U.S. ...

Everyone complains about police corruption in Honduras, whether it's having to pay 100 Lemps when stopped by traffic cops or perceived p...

The tomb of William Walker, Trujillo, Honduras The tombstone reads: William Walker Executed 12 September 1860

One of my family's favorite escapes from the daily grind of Tegucigalpa is dining out, but I guess that's going to change... This ...

In the comments section of another Honduran blogger, I opined that I've come to the view that Honduras is a 'semi-failed state',...

According to the March 8, 2011 edition of the Wall St. Journal, a headline reports 'Arabica Coffee Prices Near a 14-Year High'.  Bad...

I really like honey, I mean I really like honey.  And, it's always irked me that the only honey I could find in Honduras is just 'mi...

Just thought everyone would like to see that Honduran products can actually sell in upscale stores.  My wife and I saw this sign during a re...

According to 'El Heraldo' (Jan. 13, 2011), the annual murder rate in Honduras is 77 per 100,000 people, and has doubled in the past ...

This past September, I was in San Salvador for business.  Close to my hotel, I stumbled upon a jewel of a boutique, specializing in handmade...

The Tegucigalpa branch of the Guatemalan steak house ' Hacienda Real ' (*****/$$$, Blvd Juan Pablo II, tel. 2239.6860) recently open...

While I've always known driving in Honduras to be a somewhat dangerous activity, I've still presumed that the rules of the road are ...

La Ghiottona , a new Italian restaurant has opened in Tegucigalpa in the Col. Palmira.   Although the decor is simple, the food and service ...

What could be more exciting than the return of the 'McRib' sandwich?  The opening of a new Denny's in Tegucigalpa, that's w...

CITY WITHOUT PATRIMONY CITY WITHOUT SOUL Wake up Tegucigalpa before it's too late...

Finally a restaurant has opened in Tegucigalpa with really good pizza!!   Piola  (***/$$, tel. 243.0645/42, www.piola.it) recently opened at...

In the July/August issue of 'Foreign Policy' (FP) magazine, the cover story is 'Failed States'.  There is a smaller article ...

I was in Managua a couple of weeks ago on business, and couldn't help thinking about while some things change, they are still the same.....

In 1578, the Spanish founded the city, La Real Villa de San Miguel de Heredia de Tegucigalpa.   Today the city is simply known as Tegucigalp...

I'm in Santo Domingo searching for Comandante Mel, but so far no luck.  Where is he hiding?  What is he afraid of?  Well actually, I am ...

Below is a BBC article published on BBC's website on Aug 4. Panama 'serial killer' case: more bodies recovered Mr Holbert w...

Both of my children were born in the United States and have U.S. citizenship, however, my wife is Honduran and we wanted our children to hav...

10- Quirky Thirld-Worldness of it all 9- Climate. It seems just about perfect, except for when there is a drought or constant rains from t...

Happy Anniversary to all my fellow 'Golpistas'!!! I never thought of myself as a coup monger, but since everyone who supported the r...

Below is from the BBC. Is this an idea whose time has come for Honduras? Would this help to control the upsurge in crime? Your comments p...

Right now, I'm devastated, upset and mad. My wife just told me that the body of an acquaintance who had been kidnapped about a month ag...

On the road from Valle de Angeles, driving towards Tegucigalpa, there is a large billboard advertising the 'La Quinta Real' hotel in...

Honduras has so much to offer the world as a tourist destination...beautiful beaches, perfect scuba diving, rain forests, cloud forests, mou...

Mr. Tetovski Was Right. Many years ago, actually during the early '80's, I was a graduate student in Cairo. One of my best friends w...

Mel finally left Honduras yesterday en route to the Dominican Republic, and from there he plans to continue on to Mexico where he will settl...

Finally, we get to see the back of Manuel Zelaya. The game's over. Honduras won!! The final scores: THE WINNERS HONDURAS - The clear win...

Over the past fourteen years of marriage to my beloved Catracha (yesterday was our 14th wedding anniversary), I have become fascinated by Ho...

MEXICAN While Cebollines or Casa Mexicana may be the best known Mexican restaurants in Tegucigalpa, LOS NOPALITOS (Calzada Republica de Uru...

PIZZA There are many places to get pizza in Tegucigalpa, ranging from franchises like Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Little Caesar's, to Hondur...

I've often wondered about the battle scene on the reverse of the five lempira note, so I couldn't resist the temptation recently to ...

I'Golosi Restaurant is now Amanda's !!! It was a pleasant surprise to see the complete overhaul of I'Golosi. The restaurant ha...

From news reports I have seen, there appears to be brutal repression and mass arrests of demonstrators at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhage...

Honduras Tears Down a Berlin Wall by Wendy Wright 12/06/2009 After the polls closed on the evening of Honduras’ historic election, a beamin...