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Honduras Interactive CD-ROM in the works The second batch of video frame captures is here. Check out the travel page for actual samples of video stills. Note: These are not still photographs. These are digital video frame captures. Trujillo is one of many cities featured in the CD-ROM. Copies of the CD-ROM will be limited so reserve your copy today by filling our easy online form.
NEW Layout: Honduras This Week In Pictures
View Honduras through the camera of Honduras This Week photographer Eric Schwimmer as he captures the natural, cultural, and political essence of Honduras. This month featuring a new and improved Gallery layout. See for yourself, and let us know what you think about the horizontal layout. All the images in the gallery are available in high resolution formats for web and print use. Contact Eric Schwimmer at hontweek@hondutel.hn for pricing and terms.
This Week's Trivia section debuts
This Week's Trivia, a Honduras This Week Online exclusive will feature a new question each week. Readers are encouraged to submit their answers in the This Week's Trivia page which is updated in real-time. The first person to guess the right answer will be listed in the Trivia hall of fame. This Week's Question: Many people know that the patron saint of Ireland is St. Patrick and that Mexico's saint is the Virgen de Guadalupe. Who is the patron saint of Honduras? When and where was the little wooden statue of the saint found, and by whom? New Advertising Rates The online version and the print version have released their advertising rates for 1997. For a limited time, the online version is offering one free week for every monthly ad purchased. Prices start as low as $40 per month (plus one week free.)
HTW says goodbye to star reporter Honduras This Week said goodbye this month to one of its finest reporters: the inquisitive and unstoppable Larry Lee. Full article, subscription information and 1997 print advertising rates in About.
Tours Retirement and Investment tours to Honduras April 6-13 and Mexico May 28-June 1. Only a few spots remain for these exciting tours. Make reservations this week for our Honduras tour and receive a 10% discount ! Call now and receive your free information packet. Overseas Retirement Network (618)659-0183 email: mnant10621@aol.com Investment and wanted classifieds in classified advertising.
Paya Bay is a charming, secluded resort of enchanting natural beauty
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Iguana's Farm: learning to love our scaly friends
TEGUCIGALPA -- When was the last time you caressed an iguana? Many of us may find the mere idea of petting a reptile shocking. But for Honduran biologist Olvin Andino and his family, iguanas are a part of everyday life. They take care of 300 of them, in fact, right in their yard in Tegucigalpa's Aldea La Joya. Full Article by SUYAPA CARIAS in Environment
Cool breeze, hot sun and good food in Trujillo
Trujillo seems to have it all -- a good (albeit disorganized) museum, a historic Spanish fort, Garifuna Indian culture and sandy beaches that extend for miles. Cool trade winds make Trujillo Bay's beaches a great place for a stroll and the champas, or shade huts, that dot the white sand allow a cool, yet unobstructed view of the beach. The sound and sight of the waves is very relaxing and you can enjoy them from a hammock hung from the posts of a champa.
Sabanagrande besieged by killer bees At least 20 people in Sabanagrande were stung -- several seriously -- by swarms of killer bees last Saturday morning (Jan. 25), causing most of the community's 5,000 residents to stay at home and forcing church officials to cancel Sunday mass, the daily La Prensa reported. Full article in National Week in Review Airport problem causes flight cancellation Due to communication problems with the control tower, a LACSA flight decided not to land at Toncontin International Airport last Friday (Jan. 25). Full article in National Week in Review Mormon leader visits Honduras George B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, visited Honduras last week as part of his Central American tour, the daily La Tribuna reported. Full article in National Week in Review Fire destroys SPS market stalls Six stalls in the Mercado Central Sampedrano (San Pedro Sula Central Market) were destroyed by fire last Wednesday (Jan. 22), resulting in damages estimated at Lps. 1 million. Full article in National Week in Review
Holiday Inn is in Construction on Honduras' first Holiday Inn hotel will begin in two weeks, said investors after finalizing the project last week. Full article and Dollar exchange rate in Business Briefs, Business & Economics HONDUTEL bans Band "B" In light of alleged abuse by government officials, the Honduran Telecommunications Company (HONDUTEL) has recalled all cellular phones that operate on Band "B", said an El Heraldo report last Saturday (Jan. 25). Full article and Dollar exchange rate in Business Briefs, Business & Economics
Sr. Sabor, Carne Vor and Rica Tica split up, say goodbye MEXICO CITY -- Sr. Sabor has been kidnapped by Santa. Sweetie Pie Rica Tica here in the world's biggest city, trying to catch my breath in this way-high altitude while looking up at all these great big tall buildings and trying to keep from falling off the sidewalk and being smashed by one of these Mexican VW beetles. They're everywhere! Full article by Rica Tica in Cultural FREE!
ROATAN ECO DISASTER Dear Editor: Roatan is an ecological disaster area and promises to become the focus for a public health disaster of hemispheric proportions. It's just a matter of time. And not much time, at that! Full article by Lorenzo Belveal in Opinions and Editorial LOVE HONDURAS, HTW Dear Editor: I just would like to say we love Honduras This Week. We travel to Santa Rosa de Copan often, love your country. Jan Meinders Full article by Jan Meinders in Opinions and Editorial DISENCHANTED WITH HOTEL'S FISHING METHODS Dear Editor: Pleased to read about a new hotel [Las Glorias] on Lake Yojoa, which I eagerly went to visit. The facilities were everything your article described them to be. |
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Little Francisco
Andino holds his friend, Francisco, one of the most
respected male iguanas on the farm. (Photo by Suyapa
Carias)
All the
images on the travel page are actual frame captures of
the forthcoming CD-ROM Honduras Interactive. Video
captures and Trujillo footage courtesy of Stanley
Marrder.
