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The stilted homes of Roatan

April 13, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This is my last piece on my recent trip to Honduras. To read more posts in this series click here. The post below is a continuation of my day tour of the Garifuna villages on the island of Roatan). After our visit to Punta Gorda, we drove to the other side of narrow Roatan to visit another beautiful traditional Garifuna Village, the community of Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge is quite unique as the entire village is built around a […]

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Categories: Honduras, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Architecture, CULTURE, fishing village, Garifuna, Honduras, oak ridge, Roatan, thirdeyemom, Travel

A taste of Machuca in Punta Gorda

April 11, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. On my last day in Roatan, one of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, I took a half day private island tour. I decided to take the tour as opposed to lounging around on the beach because I truly wanted to learn more about the unique Garifuna culture and heritage that makes this island so fascinating. […]

Categories: CULTURE, Food, Honduras, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Food, Garifuna, Honduras, Machuca, Punta Gorda, Roatan, thirdeyemom, Travel

Sunrise over Barefoot Cay

March 25, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. I woke up to the rising sun at the crack of dawn. It was hardly even five am yet I could no longer sleep. I kept peeking outside the closed wooden shades as the sun painted the world around me. I could hardly wait for the day ahead.

Categories: Honduras, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Barefoot Cay, beach, CULTURE, Honduras, Roatan, thirdeyemom, Travel, vacation

Staying on my own little Cay

March 21, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. Not all of life is work and no play. Sometimes you have to reward yourself and celebrate the fruits of your labor. This is at least how I presented it to my loving husband as I booked myself two days at the Barefoot Cay in Roatan, Honduras. I had just left the mainland after a week of volunteering and […]

Categories: Honduras, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Barefoot Cay, CULTURE, Honduras, Roatan, thirdeyemom, Travel

The Bays of Roatan

March 17, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. Jakesprinter’s Sunday post theme is “Bay“. I realized that most of my travels are to mountains or other locales that do not typically include bays. Then as I glanced over at my copy of Lonely Planet: Honduras, I realized the cover said “Honduras and The Bay Islands“. Silly me, Roatan could be included in this challenge and I […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Honduras, Other Photo Challenges, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: bays, CULTURE, Honduras, Roatan, sunday post, thirdeyemom, Travel

Sunset ferry to Roatan

March 14, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. I left the mainland of Honduras on the four o’clock ferry, just in time to catch the glorious sunset over the Caribbean Sea. Although the hour and a half ride was exceedingly rough (I noticed something was going on when the ferry employees handed out plastic vomit bags as soon as we set sail), I still was thrilled […]

Categories: Honduras, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, ferry, Honduras, Roatan, thirdeyemom, Travel

Leaving La Ceiba

March 13, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. I often find that a week is not enough time to experience a new country or volunteer abroad. There is way too much to learn, and the experience is often a bit overwhelming and intense. However, in my humble opinion a week is better than nothing so I normally do whatever I can to get as much out […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: cultural immersion, CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

The Banana Republic

March 6, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. In order to get a clear understanding of where Honduras is today, it is important to take a brief look at the history. Below is a brief historical summary that I have paraphrased from Lonely Planet’s Honduras and The Bay Islands, Written by Greg Benchwick, 2010): Like many countries in Central America, Honduras has a difficult history of […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: banana republic, bananas, CULTURE, dole, Honduras, La Ceiba, thirdeyemom, Travel

Finding beauty in La Ceiba, Honduras

March 4, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. La Ceiba is not known as the most beautiful city in the world. In fact, it is known for being well, rather ugly. I had been warned about the unattractiveness of the city several times through my research in Lonely Planet and other noteworthy travel sites. But La Ceiba was where my volunteer project was based so I […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, life, people, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

Love and Heartbreak in a Honduran daycare

February 26, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. The main reason why I went to Honduras was to volunteer and give back. A month before leaving I found out my volunteer placement would be at a Honduran daycare center for poor single mothers to send their children to the day while they tried to earn a living. As a mother myself who adores children and an […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, CULTURE, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: children, CULTURE, Honduras, international volunteering, La Ceiba, parenting, Travel

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