When in need of some serious beach action, look no further than the Bay Islands (Islas de la Bahia), Honduras’ foremost tourist attraction. The chain of seventy or so islands, rising in a half moon above the Honduran north coast and ringed by sandy beaches lapped by the tranquil, glassy waters of the Caribbean, offer world class yet cheap opportunities for scuba diving.
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The Honduran capital – as noisy and busy as you’d expect a Central American city to be – is cradled in a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by pine covered mountains and blessed with a cool, pleasant climate.
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Between the 1960s and 1980s especially, many locals turned to looting the ruins of numerous ancient Maya cities that were lost in the remote jungle, undiscovered by archaeologists, and selling the looted artworks they dug up to unscrupulous art dealers from the US in particular.
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The beautiful highland Guatemalan town of Sacapulas is home to a remarkable and unique survival of an ancient cultural tradition.
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Repainted in vivid colours, the former school buses are then bought by private operators who run them profitably throughout Guatemala as much-loved public buses
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