We were blessed this trip to have my Dad, niece and nephew join us. They came from Pittsburgh and we came from New York. We met in Miami and began our journey there.
We are all fresh and excited about the trip.
Papa is walking around and I have the camera. Sitting in air conditioning with no sunburn or bug bites…:o) – I remember how nice it was to get back to Miami…
Do you remember all the countries in Central America? I often have to look at a map to remind my self and decided to just add a map to my blog.
Honduras is between Guatemala and Nicaragua. Utila is one of the Bay Islands off the the northern coast of Honduras. This is where we spent our week.
My husband came across this video and thought it was pretty good. Although we did get a few bug bites, we didn’t get the bites these guys did!
Can the US get any more shameful in their treatment of Honduras, a struggling democracy?
Most likely you are totally unaware of the reprehensible way we (US White House and Congress) has been treating Honduras. Not only did we support the would-be dictator Zelaya, but now we are THREATENING their Congress to do what we think is right!
This is from La Gringa’s Blogicito:
Update 11:52: From my inside source, 47 congressmen will vote no (40 Liberal, 1 UD, 2 PINU, and 4 DC) 26 congressmen will vote yes (22 Liberals and 4 UD), and presidential candidate Pepe Lobo is asking the Nacionalistas to abstain.
Worst news of all: supposedly Thomas Shannon has been pressuring the congressmen to vote for the restoration of Zelay or else! The exact words were that “Shannon scared the living hell out of everyone here including Micheletti.”
Yeah, remember the press conference? “We’re just here to help. We aren’t going to intervene. We’ll respect any decision that the Hondurans make.” Yeah, right.
Now they are even threatening elected Honduran officials that they won’t recognize elections unless they vote yes. I’m sure there must be economic threats as well.
This nothing short of a big bully pushing their Socialist/Dictator agenda on another country.
Where are you Glenn Beck? I respect that you are focusing on our own internal issues and appreciate that but this is shameful!
Where are you President Bush? I didn’t agree with all your policies but you would have been supporting democracy.
Where are you America?
The insanity continues…
If you haven’t signed the petition to Obama, please do so now.
I just read the latest blog post, La Gringa’s Blogicito and had to smile at her last comment:
Butt out! Let Honduras solve its own problem.
She was talking to the United States of America! (She is justified in her statement!)
America, who has previously stood for democracy, now is supporting dictators. Sadly most in America are not even aware of what has been happening in Honduras and the shameful position the White House has taken in this issue.
SUMMARY:
It is true that Zelaya was forced to leave the country by the military, but this was not a coup, when the military were acting on direct orders of the Honduran supreme court, with overwhelming approval of the congress, including Zelaya’s own party. And the reason for this expulsion, bolstered by his extreme unpopularity with the people of Honduras, was Zelaya’s attempt to override the constitution to be reelected, in the manner of and with massive aid from Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, a master of manipulation of elections. Now Chavez is supplying $6,000,000 and the full force of his influence towards returning Zelaya to power, against the overwhelming will of the Honduran people. Mr. Chavez is already talking about invasion and imposing his will by force in Honduras, when interim President Micheletti is advocating the earliest possible elections for a presidency he does not wish to hold.
Sign the petition to President Obama.
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While on vacation in Utila Honduras I took this short video walking down the street. I didn’t mute the volume but did reduce it because I had forgotten how loud it was during traffic time.
Linda
I just posted a set of pics of Cocal Brown Beach in Utila, Honduras. This has a nice view of the Cays.
Linda
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I just uploaded a set of pictures of Utila Town – the only town on the island of Utila in Honduras. (The link to the page is in the left sidebar.)
This sign is close to the street since the bakery was set back a ways from the street.
We made a stop here every morning for delicious fresh bread!
Just one of the many highlights of our Utila Honduras vacation!
Linda
I just uploaded the first video of the trip. (Many more to come!) This video is of the east side of the island with the highest point of the island in the background – Pumkin Hill.
Come back later for more.
Linda
Getting around Utila is quite easy. You can travel Utila by foot, bicycle, scooter, taxi, golf cart or polaris. Scooters are the most popular way to travel around Utila town.
