Tag: Olancho

by James Murren 20 January 2016 Number of comments0
Ethiopia Honduras Poetry

Global Travel E-Book Sale: Honduras and Ethiopia

Hello, Blog Followers: There is a sale running now through January 30 on my e-books for people who bought paperbackContinue Reading

by James Murren 26 August 2012 Number of comments0
Honduras

Adams Co, PA Peace Corps

An effort back home is documenting local residents who served in the Peace Corps.  Here’s an excerpt of my contribution:Continue Reading

by James Murren 17 March 2008 1
Honduras

Return to Hondo: The Boys

The Boys  Nearly every late afternoon when I was in Manto we played basketball on the court by the churchContinue Reading

by James Murren 15 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Return to Hondo: “We Want Our Water”

“We Want Our Water”  One of the projects I worked on involved protecting a watershed in the mountains that wouldContinue Reading

by James Murren 14 March 2008 1
Honduras

Return to Hondo: Going Home to Visit Friends

Going home My wife and I boarded the Manto bus in Juticalpa, and I immediately asked the driver if DoñaContinue Reading

by James Murren 13 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Return to Hondo: “No Woman, No Cry”

“Hola Yames!” The twenty-something year old man that was standing in front of me in the late evening dusk ofContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 3
Honduras

Friendship Defined in Honduras

Dona Mercedes Matute and her husband Don Ramon–both in their mid-70s–live in a typical adobe house with whitewashed walls, dirtContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Honduras: post-Hurricane Mitch

The Hotel Granada I is a cheap, dungy hole where a lot of Peace Corps volunteers stay when in Tegucigalpa.Continue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras Libations

Beers of Hondo

I have decided to put The Doors in the tape player to write this one. For, you see, I recentlyContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Hitchhiking in Honduras

Out here in Olancho, where only the coffee growers, business owners, politicians, church officials and development organizations have vehicles–most ofContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Whispers of Life in Honduras

In the tiny whispers of time, those instances where we get a glimpse into the obscure window of life, weContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras Poetry

Life in Olancho, Honduras–3 poems

THE BOYS   I look at you your dirty face and dusty, blackened, toe-nailed, shoeless feet, tattered-and-torn T-shirt hanging from yourContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Drinking in Olancho, Honduras

The other week I found myself walking on a dirt road heading west towards the village of EI Mattoral. IContinue Reading