Final Day in Honduras

Now, I am in my last day in Honduras, and I surely wanted to make the best of it! On this day, I wanted to include as many activities as I could in what little time I had. So, first I decided to take the Honduras National Highway, which a vital highway for the transportation of goods across the country, all the way to a cotton and corn plantation out in the Pacific lowlands. In advance, I spoke with the assistant president at the plantation about interviewing him and recording data about the economy of Honduras. When I arrived at the plantation, I was kindly greeted by the man, a mestizo, and he let me sit down with him for lunch. At lunch, we ate food similar to the food I had eaten at Emma Valle’s house and the restaurant. Once again, I was impressed by this local food. Throughout the meal, we talked about the way people make money in Honduras. He informed me that in the Pacific lowlands, people make money off sesame seed, cotton, corn, sorghum, and cattle. He also told me that in the central highlands, the main goods are coffee, wheat, tobacco, fruit, vegetables, pigs and cattle. After continuing to talk for a couple more hours, I got the chance to walk around the plantation and watch the citizens do their jobs. Later, I had only a couple hours left in Honduras, so I decided to return to the city to speak with a environmentalist about some important topics. He told me the interesting fact that, overall, Honduras is 40% covered by forests. He, being a Roman Catholic, along with most of the population of Honduras, is not only worried that Honduras’s development will call for a destruction of these forests because it will harm the environment. He also firms believes that God’s creations, like the forests, shouldn’t be destroyed. This was one of the more fascinating conversations I took part in on my trip, for it showed how passionate this man, named Francesco, was about his country and its environmental state. After thanking this man for his time, I went to the hotel, packed up my things, and headed to the airport. After these 3 days, I have learned what a unique and diverse country Honduras is, through direct contact with its people. I completely recommend visiting Honduras sometime in your life, so you can embrace its diversity, just like I did.