because you are a gringo you are pretty much immuned in hispanic countries when it comes to revolutions...but not when it comes to scams... you are the target
3 months into the protests & no gringos targeted..in fact you are less a target during the protests for more than one reason...
traveling inherently involves risks no matter where you go in the world...for more than one reason
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/world/americas/29honduras.html?_r=1&hp]
Things are very fluid, as they say.....
Travelling to Honduras tomorrow to San Pedro Sula but now questionning whether its wise to go onto Bay Islands to dive as have discovered my travel insurance is invalid due to the UK (and most worldwide) governments advising against all but essential travel. After hearing the islands were unaffected we were still going to go but hadn´t realised the implications on our insurance and unfortuantely have now read all the small print and seen I´m not covered for any travel in the country. As a result am disapointed and edging against it as scuba diving without insurance doesn´t seem like the best idea.
Anyone know an insurance company that doesn´t have this clause and will still cover Honduras? Have read several but seems to be standard.
"this is history in the making & there is no big problem for gringos to witness it first hand..."
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN12151282
Here's an excerpt from the above "Amnesty International said in September that Honduras risks spiraling into a state of lawlessness where police and military act with no regard for rights."
Very fluid as inidcated on #21. All I can say is if you want to witness it first hand please be careful.
Anyone traveling into Honduras right now is just asking for an unnecessary shitstorm of various trouble and risks. History in the making??? please. To go into that without necessity is idiocy at its finest hour. This impoverished country's already fragile infrastructure is on the verge of collapse, why risk getting stuck somewhere you shouldn't be? It's already a dangerous country before all this crap, it can only get worse.