A Punta Gorda Healer
She has a calm, composed look in her eyes. She has seen a lot. She has suffered and she has been through things that most of us only read about in books. Lucia Avila-Garcia was born in Rio Esteban in 1936.
Roatan’s Beauty, Truth & Wisdom
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The Czechs Are Coming
It all started as a 2003 pipe dream. IriMaska, a Czech artist-cum-brewer-cum-businessman had a vision: bringing Czech people to Roatan… in droves. Back then Roatan was a complete unknown in the Czech republic.
Solar in Crawfish
It’s not often that a country’s president visits a small village, but in October 2017 President Juan Orland Hernandez drove up and down the four kilometer dirt track crossing Roatan from south to north to one of the most overlooked communities on the island –
Roatan Natural Healers
Living in partnership with nature means knowing your plants, understanding their properties, and respecting their place around us. While common knowledge of plant healing properties has disappeared, a few older islanders and a couple young ones continue the tradition of scholarship and healing with island
Continuous Rebranding of Honduras
You could say the first official tourist in Honduras was Christopher Columbus who arrived here in 1502 on his fourth voyage to the Americas. Columbus was more of a business tourist: his visit didn’t last long and he visited only Guanaja and Punta Castilla.
Books on Wheels
A four-wheeled library is coming to a school near you. All thanks to an effort by PIER – Partners in Education Roatan, a small organization started by a Camilla and Ted O’Brien, a pair of retired Americans.
April & May Happenings
Five Angels The fifth annual Concert for the Angels at Lawson Rock was the place to listen to great music, run into friends and donate to local charities: Clinica Esperanza & SOL International Foundation. Feeling like angels: Cara Lenz, Fiona Barnett, Helen Murphy, Wyonna Mckay and
Eddie’s Bovine Marine Art
At first glance, you would think that Eddie Pinnace, 68, is a regular islander strolling leisurely on the unpaved road in Oak Ridge Bight, the community where he lives and works. He is 5’-8” tall and wears thick framed glasses. A cap covers his gray
Building a Perfect Palapa
Palapas have been in the Bay islands for as long people have lived here. The word palapa comes from a Mayan term for a "pulpous leaf” and Western Mexico and Honduras are the two biggest centers of palapa construction. The thatched roofs on Roatan are
A Turtle Visionary
There is a visionary in all of us. Deep down we all have fantastic dreams about traveling the deserts and building gigantic statues of animals. We all want to be known, to leave something behind. While not everyplace is conducive to dreaming big, Roatan is.