GDP Per Capita Income:
Urban: $2900-3400 annually
Rural: $2300-2450 annually
Roatan: 3372-4332 annually
Standard workweek: 44 hours
Population: 9.9 million residents
Land Mass: Size of Pennsylvania
Climate: Hot tropical lowland with minimal variations
Language: Spanish, English, and Lenca (prior to Spanish conquest)
Motto: Free, sovereign and independent
Honduras: means deep water off the coast (of the Caribbean)
Exchange currency (Lempira): Hovers around 24 Lempira to One USD. Name after a
Best kept secret: Cave of the Glowing Skulls/Talgua Cave
Dinner out in the capital city
Tax and tip for two people, (non-alcoholic drinks) $45-58.00 USD
Dinner out on Roatan (Island off the Caribbean coast of Honduras)
Tax and tip for two people, (with alcoholic drinks) $66-88.00 USD
National Dish: Plato tipico (fish, rice and plantains)
Most popular destinations: Roatan, Copan ruins, Utila, Jeannette Kawas National Park, Rio Platano Biosphere (UNESCO)
Did you know?
Honduras has the longest hieroglyphic inscriptions in the new world, dating to around mid 400-730 AD in the Copan ruins stairways. The deep waters off the coast also house the world’s second largest coral reefs, after the Australian Great Barrier Reef. Inland can be found a sizable population of crocodiles.
Like Guatemala, the Honduran capital has also been relocated, in this case, the original capital of Comayagua houses the oldest working clock (1586) in the Americas.
