When travelers think “Honduras” they probably don’t think “big, weekly indigenous markets.” So when we were in Honduras and caught wind of a weekly market in a little town called La Esperanza in country’s western hills along a path of historically indigenous villages called the Ruta Lenca, we hopped a series of chicken buses in the wee hours of the morning to see what it was all about.
One part windblown, another part oasis and a whole lotta’ cowtown, La Esperanza appears a concatenation of dusty street corners. If you open up the panorama and take a spin around, you can see for yourself what it’s like to stand amidst it all and watch market life go by. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Honduras, Panorama by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
8 Comments | 27 October 2010
Filed Under: Central America, Food by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
20 Comments | 11 September 2009
As we close out our reflections on Central America (don’t worry, food comes next), we are reminded of the places and moments — the good, the bad, the idiosyncratic, the illustrative — from our zigzag chicken bus journey across Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Let’s dig in. Continue Reading »
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Filed Under: Central America, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
8 Comments | 5 September 2009
As we travel, it’s common for locals the world over to ask us where we are from. In Asia, the response “The United States” was usually sufficient. In Europe, they didn’t ask; they assumed.
Not so in Central America. People were curious to know the states and often the towns and cities where we grew up, where we have lived. After sharing our details, it wasn’t uncommon to hear: “I had a cousin who lived there”, “Oh, I lived [nearby] for 15 years” or “My brother lives there.”
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Filed Under: Central America, Perspectives by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
15 Comments | 28 August 2009
Over 900 days on the road, and I’m still not immune to the phenomenon of culture shock. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Central America, El Salvador, Personal Growth, Travel by: Audrey Scott
23 Comments | 23 June 2009
South America and Central America, or Africa and the Middle East? Cast your vote on the right sidebar and help us decide which region to visit first.
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Update (January 30, 2009): The poll is now closed. See the results and comments below. For more information regarding our decision, go here.
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Good Thing We Haven’t Purchased Any Airline Tickets Yet
If you read our Where We’re Going page, you’ll see that we originally planned to visit the Middle East and Africa in 2009, with Central and South America to follow. But recent conversations suggest that maybe we should consider the Americas first. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Polls, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
40 Comments | 31 December 2008
