peter
@pedro45
American looking for information about Honduras
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About me
American
Lives in NYC
Speaks English, French and Spanish
Registration: 27 June 2013
Moving to Honduras sometime in 2018 by TammySue
Hello, I will be moving to Honduras from the United States sometime this year. My fiance is from Honduras and we will be going to live in Tocoa Colon. I have many logistical questions and hope others who are currently living there can give me some ...
Hi , just you guys talking about your plans to move there get me all jealous, I loved living there. Enjoy!! It's funny, I recently asked a friend to ask around for a very simple apartment for me to rent, and she found a simple little place for ... Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
Hi Karlbad, this is Pete again, and sorry, but could you show as many photos as you can of your lots? if you did before for some reason they don't come through, thanks, pete Read More
Moving to San Pedro Sula by moccloud
Hello, I am relocating to San Pedro Sula. I am wondering if its safe to get around the city. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
I actually enjoyed it very much as I had good friends there. One of the things one establishes is a good taxista de confianza Read More
Moving to San Pedro Sula by moccloud
Hello, I am relocating to San Pedro Sula. I am wondering if its safe to get around the city. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
Yes, I lived in Honduras off and on for a number of years, mostly in Ceiba but also in Sula... why? Read More
Moving to San Pedro Sula by moccloud
Hello, I am relocating to San Pedro Sula. I am wondering if its safe to get around the city. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
Hi, This should be interesting reading the responses, and I'm sure many will be of the "there's no problem if you're careful" variety, and there's some truth of, as that holds true for most any city, but make no mistake, if ... Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
Hi Karlsbad, probably better to NOT commandeer this thread any more, please send me this info at *** thanks, pete Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
Hi Karlsbad, good you clarify that a little, I'm not sure what the end of your one sentence says, thanks, I'm really curious especially now knowing it's not far from Ceiba, any links you can send please, pete Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
that message was to Karlsbad Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
Hi folks, I'm a school teacher in Massachusetts in my last year of teaching, dreaming of a Honduran getaway, so a few questions: - where in Trujillo is it and how close to ocean is the lot? - how much you asking? - how safe is Trujillo in ... Read More
Getting married in Honduras by Armand
Hi all, We invite all the ones who got married in Honduras or who are about to get married in Honduras to participate in this thread :) What are the formalities to get married in Honduras? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for a ...
Oh..that's all..?? Geeez, Louise Read More
Building costs in Honduras? by Tarrynkim
Hi Everyone, My husband and I will be moving to Honduras next year and I am trying to figure out the best options for accomodation. Ideally I would like to live in La Ceiba, but I am also interested in the villages outside of San Pedro Sula. ...
Chris, you notiice that something seems rotten in Denmark about this "Character" Read More
Building costs in Honduras? by Tarrynkim
Hi Everyone, My husband and I will be moving to Honduras next year and I am trying to figure out the best options for accomodation. Ideally I would like to live in La Ceiba, but I am also interested in the villages outside of San Pedro Sula. ...
Hi, I don't mean to dispute anybody or anything but I believe one can find building costs quite a bit cheaper through local Honduran builders, especially if you're willing to act as your own contractor as much as possible. I know of friends ... Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
Oh thanks, but how many hours in bus? Read More
Looking to purchase land in Trujillo please help! by mikee89
Hi, I am a Canadian looking to purchase some land in Trujillo as I have heard lots of stuff and have been reading about the Banana coast terminal. How has everything been developing since the cruises started docking? I know it opened in 2014 but ...
Oh my goodness would I LOVE to buy that...!! How far is it from La Ceiba center? thanks, pete Read More
I lived in Ceiba, but.....
Y ademas mira tan exitoso el programa de "Just say No" haya funcionado en los EEUU...Geffcken, me imagino que es hora de encontrar un interprete para saber lo que te he dicho....idiota Read More
I lived in Ceiba, but.....
How sad to not be able to read well, nobody "blamed" Honduras, but rather the pitfalls of cultural and physical isolation coupled with one's on proclivities. Good Lord.... Read More
The good, the bad and the ugly sides of Honduras by Kendoit
I have read a lot of replies on this forum about the people of Honduras and their attitude toward gringos, I have lived many years in S.E. Asia and found most of my experiences good very little bad and rarely ugly, (here it comes) but I know to ...
You're right, I lived in and near Ceiba, and it was hard to deal with the extreme summers, just awful Read More
Legal Weapon by woodrowdunn
I would like all Americans know that I had my legal weapon and permit confiscated from the police.** Please be advised about this. The weapon was purchased from a government store and I had a legal permit to carry it. I was completely sober and ...
Hi, that really stinks, but having lived down there, not at all surprising. But what DID surprise me is that you were able to get permission and purchase a weapon as a foreigner, I'm amazed..! I would have given anything to have been able to ... Read More
I lived in Ceiba, but.....
Hi, this is a sad subject for me, but I've often wondered if anybody else on here loved Honduras yet got into trouble there in terms of substance abuse. I was fine there and loved it in many ways, but I think in part brought on by isolation and ... Read More
Medication by MariaLovesJesus
Hello I wonder of someone can answer this question: my husband and I we both take medication for high blood pressure. My husband also takes some pills for his enlarge prostate and pills for his stomach. I'm wondering if the drug stores there (upon ...
Yes, absolutely, you can usually get most drugs one could in the US. I've lived in Ceiba and so have been through this situation, and not only that but you can even mostly buy them without a prescription. However, you can always call or e-mail a ... Read More
Nice city La Ceiba by Sunlife4
Very much enjoyed my 2 weeks in this city. This city is a gem!!
I'll look forward to a reply to your question as well from an expat who really knows; you see, I've spent months there in total, but never really living there, just enjoying!! pete Read More
La Ceiba Honduras beach bar and restaurant coming soon
Yeah, Iguana was nice for a while, but then went down the tubes dramatically. I ate at Expats a few months ago and it was pretty darn nice still, tasty kebobs, even pricier now (by Honduran standards), but still an oasis in a crazy little world down ... Read More
Living on Social Security on Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras by sandylyle
Hello, I am a 62 year old North American currently living on Roatan,
hi, I lived in Ceiba for a year and know quite few expats down there, and so have heard what some of them live on. Often it has been less than 1500 and they've done fine on the mainland in Ceiba or Tela or Trujillo, however, Roatan is considerably ... Read More
5 good reasons for NOT moving to Honduras by Julien
Hi guys, as a complement to the thread "[url=https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=186859]5 good reasons for moving to Honduras[/url]", I propose you the opposite discussion. What would be your 5 top reasons for NOT moving to Honduras ...
Okay, my five reasons to NOT move there would be: 1) Hurricanes 2) Petty crime that is off the chart at times 3) sorry, that was all I could think of... Read More
5 good reasons for NOT moving to Honduras by Julien
Hi guys, as a complement to the thread "[url=https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=186859]5 good reasons for moving to Honduras[/url]", I propose you the opposite discussion. What would be your 5 top reasons for NOT moving to Honduras ...
it's funny, but it seems to me that both Sasha and Caretaker are correct, it's how you CHOOSE to see it, like anywhere I guess. I see both their points having lived in both Ceiba and down the road in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, there is, however, no ... Read More
re hotel stay by sasha8012
where would be the best hotel to stay at while in laceiba looking for our home to stay we are moving there permatenatly. clean and safe how safe is the living in la ceiba
Oh neat, I've wandered through Sambo Creek once on a day so hot I felt like I was crawling under the weight of my tint shoulder bag. I think I'd gone there to check out a wonderful Garifuna restaurant but it was closed that day, thanks for the tip Read More
La Ceiba, Honduras lodging advice
Folks, I'm a newcomer here, but I'm not a new comer to visiting and living in and around Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, though my knowledge is now a decade out of date from back when I was a married language professor. So now, a new life started, ... Read More