Honduras People
by Günther Eichhorn
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Honduras Peopleby Günther Eichhorn |
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Here are some pictures of people in Honduras, local villages, towns, traffic, transportation systems, agriculture, and the beaches.
Huts in Miami, a sleepy Garífuna village. (715k)
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Thatch-roofed hut in Miami, a sleepy Garífuna village. (795k)
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Village scene in Miami. (772k)
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Mud-walled hut in xxx, near Copán. (688k)
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Village scene in xxx. (768k)
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Hut on the way to Cuero y Salado nature reserve. (796k)
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Hut on the way to Cuero y Salado nature reserve. (917k)
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Local restaurant on the way to Cuero y Salado nature reserve. (938k)
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Houses in Triunfo de la Cruz, a Garífuna village. (553k)
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A more up-scale house in Triunfo de la Cruz. (614k)
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Cemetery of Triunfo de la Cruz. (513k)
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A small church on the way to Cuero y Salado nature reserve. (736k)
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Getting roofing material. (790k)
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There were two types of thatched roof. This one was made from long palm fronds. (697k)
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This type of roof is made from leave bundles that branch out from one point. (750k)
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Fence posts are made from freshly cut wood. Some of them start sprouting again. (1044k)
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In some fences, most posts have turned into trees again. (932k)
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It rained a lot. This is what the streets in the villages looked like. (551k)
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This is what the village looked like. (618k)
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The beach in the rain. (392k)
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Driving through the villages. (482k)
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The local town, Tela in the rain. (523k)
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La Ceiba in the sun, a much nicer view. (765k)
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The towns were quite clean. Even empty lot was not loaded with garbage. In the USA such lots frequently look a lot worse. (586k)
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A well maintained park in La Ceiba. (818k)
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US and Canadian school buses are in use everywhere. (704k)
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Taxis were for the most part quite new cars. (532k)
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Many towns along the major roads slow down traffic with serious speed bumps. (465k)
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These bumps can really hurt you if you are too fast. (445k)
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Buses between the cities are often crowded. They fill every available nook and cranny, with plastic extra seats in the aisle. (441k)
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This was the truck of Coco Tours that I used most of the time. (649k)
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The small train line to the Cuero y Salado nature reserve. It used to be the train that hauled bananas from the banana plantation. (696k)
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This is the train. The train ride is about 45 minutes between Cuero y Salado and the village. (862k)
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On the train. The kid in the background is passing us on horseback. (498k)
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He has passed us. The train runs quite slowly. (641k)
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Horse-drawn carts are still used fairly frequently. (590k)
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Transportation on the ocean. (403k)
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He had pulled down the sails and negotiates the breakers with an oar. (496k)
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A kid crossing the river in Cuero y Salado. (502k)
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He is checking lobster traps. (821k)
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Scenic view of some boats. (672k)
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There is no bridge here, so you have to ferry yourself across the brook. (745k)
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School girls, on the way home from school, ferry themselves across. (794k)
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This was one dilapidated boat. We started going into one of the nature areas in this. He rowed the boat backwards, I guess because the tail was leaking too much, so he tried to keep it out of the water. Fortunately he soon turned back and we got into a slightly less dilapidated boat with an outboard motor. (627k)
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African palms for producing palm oil are one of the big businesses in Honduras. (697k)
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Coconut palms are also important. (943k)
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Most palms around Miami died during a hurricane a few years ago. New ones are slowly coming back. (658k)
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Bananas are the most important crop in Honduras. (891k)
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Banana flower. (518k)
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Pineapples are another important crop. (570k)
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Pineapple fruit. (494k)
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Doing laundry in the local brook. (839k)
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The local bakery in Triunfo de la Cruz. (481k)
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Cabañas Tucan, a hotel outside Triunfo de la Cruz, where I stayed the first night. (465k)
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The hotel had a white capuchin monkey as a pet. (395k)
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They used solar power wit a collector on the roof of each cabin. (476k)
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The battery that collected the solar electricity. It is a good idea, unfortunately it didn't work, the converter that was supposed to produce current for the lights didn't do its job. (327k)
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It rained a lot, and the roofs were leaking. (289k)
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Cabañas Colon's was the hotel that I stayed in Triunfo de la Cruz most of the time. (780k)
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The shower in the Cabañas Colon was a somewhat improvised construction. And it was only cold water. (271k)
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Local restaurant on the beach in Triunfo. (508k)
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The local pool hall and bar in Triunfo. (641k)
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Pool setup. You had to pocket the balls in numerical order, starting with the yellow one-ball, around the table. The final standing was the sum of the numbers on the balls that you pocketed. (457k)
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Cell phones were everywhere. (490k)
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These beads on a string were used for counting penalty points when you scratched or missed entirely. (495k)
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Local produce market in Tela. (614k)
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USA food habits are getting big in Honduras. All major brands of fast food were represented, like this Dunkin' Donuts. (490k)
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And Burger King. (530k)
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And Pizza Hut. (457k)
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Complete with delivery. (586k)
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Maggi set up a some seats under a tent, and did advertising with blaring loudspeakers. (537k)
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Preparing food in Miami. (639k)
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Repairing fishing nets. (465k)
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School girl in Triunfo de la Cruz. (596k)
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A little girl in the rain in Triunfo. (625k)
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Mother and Child on the beach, having fun (or not?). (499k)
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Making of a hairdo. (479k)
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Contemplating in the drizzle on the beach. (319k)
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Contemplating. (292k)
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Having fun in Cuero y Salado. (532k)
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Evening fun in Cuero y Salado. (538k)
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Triunfo de la Cruz on a Sunday. Thousands of people from the surrounding areas come to the beach in Triunfo. (543k)
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This is what the beach looks like on Sunday. (500k)
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Vendor on the beach. (438k)
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Beach grill. (576k)
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Locals from Triunfo set up a roulette table for the beach goers. (527k)
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Beach vendor. You can already see what it will look like when the tourists leave. (611k)
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But for now they have fun, playing in the sand. (428k)
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Fun for the young... (592k)
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...and the old. (595k)
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Fun in the surf. After the rains the previous days, the surf was up. (472k)
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Fun for boys and girls. (535k)
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This what it looks like without the tourists. (660k)
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The beach huts without the crowds. (616k)
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Scenic moments on the beach during the week. (485k)
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Scenic moments on the beach during the week. (493k)
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Scenic moments on the beach during the week. (628k)
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Scenic moments on the beach during the week. (828k)
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Sunset on the beach during the week. (367k)
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All pictures are © Günther Eichhorn
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