Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 12:25 AM by Adalberto H. Vega
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 4:13 PM by Adalberto H. Vega
The Artisans' Street - Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Church of El Calvario - Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
First of all, let’s look at the numbers. It is now common knowledge that Honduras has the highest murder rate per capita in the world. But, just as in Mexico, that number is closely connected to gang activity, drug trafficking and mostly takes place in certain areas in the big cities. Places that tourists never visit. If you’d discount the number of deaths in certain neighbourhoods, the national average would be much lower.
I won’t deny that there haven’t been incidents in the past, but overall, the violence is not directed to tourists and the main tourist destinations are considered to be pretty quiet and safe. I can’t find any data on it, but if I hear from tourists that they were assaulted in their hotel or on the street, pick-pocketed or molested, it usually happened in Guatemala.
I can’t guarantee a tourist a risk free trip through Honduras, but I think that the dangers are highly overrated. You know a dangerous city for tourists??? Amsterdam! I recently visited my hometown, and talk out dangers! Not so much violent assaults, but deathly incidents nonetheless. Every year an astounding number of tourists die because they ride a bicycle (often for the first time in their lives) in the centre of town without understanding the unwritten rules of survival. They take the silent but oh so big and hard trams for granted while crossing the street without looking left or right. Each year, about thirty people drown in the famous canals, many of them (drunken) tourists who fall in when urinating, unable to climb back up the steep walls. And not to mention the number of people (I think it was three last year) of tourists who underestimate the power of Dutch marihuana and think they can fly out of a window, just like that. But those victims never show up in lists with numbers that show how dangerous Amsterdam can be.
The “Honduras = dangerous” slogan has become a bit of a hype and is being repeated time after time for no apparent reason, and without any effort on behalf of the Honduran ministry of tourism to prove the opposite.
West Bay Beach, Roatan Honduras |
Easter Week (Semana Santa) carpets, Copan Ruinas |
The Ball Court, Copan Archaeological Park - Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Copan Coffee Tour - Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Keel-billed Toucan - Macaw Mountain Bird Park - Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Punta Izopo National Park - Tela, Honduras |
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Monday, February 11, 2013 at 7:06 PM by Adalberto H. Vega
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Harpy eagle juvenile - Photo by: David Medina |
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Harpy eagle - Photo by: David Medina |
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Harpy eagle - Photo by: David Medina |
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Harpy eagle - Photo by: David Medina |
The sighting of this harpy eagle and her newborn has risen the villagers 'pride', increasing conservation awareness among the residents of the surrounding area as well. This important event is a gratifying sign that the continuing efforts of the agencies responsible for the preservation of the area are being productive, since it is well known by experts that the harpy eagle needs at least 150Km2 (58 square miles) of lush forest free of human contact in order to survive.
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