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| Posted On: | 20-Apr-2003 |
| From: | "Steve " [steve.....com] |
| Subject: | [roatan] Dodging downpours for a Mayan miracle |
Honduras Dodging downpours for a Mayan miracle An unseasonal rainy spell dampens novelist Hari Kunzru's impressions of Honduras. But things brighten up when he discovers the dazzling jungle life and Mayan ruins Sunday April 20, 2003 The Observer The picture I have of the island of Roatan is the type tour operators put on Underground posters to traumatise winter commuters. Azure sea, white sand, central casting palm tree. I am supposed to be there, swinging on a hammock in the sun. Instead I am standing in a striplit hall at San Pedro Sula airport staring out of a window at the tropical storm chucking water on the other side of the plate glass. It seems Honduras, usually dry at this time of year, is experiencing a late rainy season. Roatan airstrip is closed. The boys at the airline counter wear philosophical expressions and make mention of God. Maybe a plane will take off today, they say. I am getting a kind of long-term feeling from them. Five hours later and we are all bored, including the security guy and the woman tending the bar. No plane today, not now. http://www.observer.co.uk/travel/story/0,6903,939806,00.html Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! | |
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