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Jaunted in Honduras: Getting There

Where: Tegucigalpa, Honduras

12/05/2006 at 10:45 AM
Tags: Jaunted Field Trips, Honduras Field Trip, Airports (all tags)

Jaunted contributing editor Paul Brady is on tour in Honduras, the original Banana Republic. We'll be posting stories this week about his travels in the tropics. Have any burning questions?

If I were to start from the beginning, I'd have to tell you about Tegucigalpa's brand new Toncontin International Airport. Sure the airfield has been around for years, but if you haven't been lately (or ever) you'll be happy to know that the entire terminal has been redone. You can check it out for yourself, like I did, by flying on American Airlines from Miami to Tegucigalpa.

What hasn't changed about the airport is the aggressive approach to the runway made necessary by the fact that Tegucigalpa is in a bowl-shaped valley. Not exactly Top Gun, but exciting. Our captain even made an announcement before we came in: "They don't give us much concrete to work with down there, but what we're gonna do is just standard operating procedure."

Inside the newly-redone airport, it's all marble, glass, leather chairs and a great coffee shop called Espresso Americano. (Try the muffins, they're amazing.) It's not exactly in the middle of town, but there are plenty of services around. Outside the terminal, there's a strip mall with a Burger King, a Little Ceasars, a film store and a little gift shop. You'll likely be staying downtown or in the Guadeloupe neighborhood, so you'll need to take a cab.

Don't grab one on airport grounds... just walk three minutes to the strip mall and save yourself from getting ripped off. You'll want to pay about 60-70 Lempira ($4-$4.50) to get downtown. Just give your taxi driver the name of your hotel--I stayed at the reasonable Guadeloupe Dos near the National Stadium--and set the price before you hop in. You'll be well on your way in no time.

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