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My favorite things Honduran
1. The best known Honduran painter is Jose Antonio Velásquez, here is a typical image.
2. America Ferrara, who plays Betty in Ugly Betty, is of Honduran parents. I like that show, I don't love it.
3. This guy did lots of scientific work, including the laying of some foundations for Viagra, and he married a Belgian princess. I've yet to benefit from his existence.
Plus I would cite a few personal acquaintances, past and present, of whom I am very fond. That's what I can think of folks, and I wouldn't have found #3 without Google. This website assures us "There are famous people from Honduras," although the link to the list of them is broken.
I have also read one short story from Honduras, from an anthology of Latin American short stories; it is entitled "Malaria."
I might add I am very fond of airfares to Honduras; right now the roundtrip is cheaper than the one way shuttle to New York City. And maybe the flight is quicker too, no holding patterns over LaGuardia!
Most of all I like places where no one else goes, and I expect this short weekend trip to be very worth its while.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 30, 2007 at 07:05 AM in The Arts | Permalink
Comments
"No one else goes."
Really.
Honduras is an amazing country, and over a million other tourists agree with me.
You're not as far on the bleeding edge as you think.
Posted by: matt at Nov 30, 2007 6:09:47 AM
What is that blur in the painting? And why do all latin american painters use colors as kids do? I can name Tarsila do Amaral, Diego Ribera, Frida Kahlo, Botero, Di Cavalcanti, and the list goes on. They had to make sure they were commited to the idea of 'understand national identidy', something that really bounds their scope and imagination.
Posted by: Lucas at Nov 30, 2007 7:09:42 AM
Roatan is nice and isolated. Copan is magnificent. Tegucigalpa has an appealing (to me) urban feeling that I miss in most of the US.
Posted by: Alex J. at Nov 30, 2007 7:20:40 AM
Places are always more real -and bigger- when you get there, than they looked on the map.
You maybe should have specified "*folk-art* painter". They probably have other styles, I mean it's a whole country.
I don't know much about Honduras, though I should, but I hope you find out a lot and meet some interesting people.
Posted by: n. at Nov 30, 2007 8:39:18 AM
PS: the who's who *does* give missing page error, but this site is really interesting: http://www.projecthonduras.com/
Posted by: n. at Nov 30, 2007 8:44:12 AM
Mine: Roatan. Beautiful place.
Posted by: John S. at Nov 30, 2007 9:15:28 AM
I second the recommendation for Copan. It has some of the best pre-Columbian art on display in its natural setting.
Posted by: Niall at Nov 30, 2007 9:30:51 AM
I worked in Honduras for two months this summer: beautiful people and a wonderful place to travel, especially for poor college kids like me
Posted by: Joe at Nov 30, 2007 9:42:41 AM
My wife is from Honduras and I lived there for a while in Tegucigalpa. The climate in Tegucigalpa is close to ideal; year round highs in the 80s lows in the 50s. I liked the open markets and riding the buses was often amusing. For food the fruit is wonderful and you can get great Tamales (especially around Christmas) and pinchos are good (I liked to eat at El Patio down town Tegucigalpa but I think that it burned down). There are some really good bakeries with good bread in Tegucigalpa. I worked at IHMA and there was a great bakery with wonderful crust bread right near IHMA.
Posted by: Floccina at Nov 30, 2007 10:08:57 AM
Somewhere, Salvador Moncada is wondering, "What did Tyler Cowen do for me?" Oh wait, he isn't.
Posted by: Mike Beversluis at Nov 30, 2007 11:08:28 AM
Miguel Estrada, whom Bush nominated for a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit but got filibustered by the Democrats, was born and grew up in Honduras, and came to the US at age 16.
Posted by: boldface at Nov 30, 2007 12:46:06 PM
September to November 2007, a popular Italian tv show was broadcasted from
an island in Honduras where 10 men and women had been dispatched from Italy to
live there as survivors. It appears that November is not the right time to
be there: it poured for over 20 days. The poor Italians craved to get back
home, notwithstanding the undeniable beauty of the spot.
Posted by: sabina at Nov 30, 2007 5:10:31 PM
Interesting. The actual show Ugly Betty, originated in Honduras as well,
I think at least. My mom is Honduran and I have been there almost every
summer. I see all of my family there. I like Tela Mar. You should go
there. Honduras is great and I love the soccer team. David Suazo, Amado
Guevara, and Carlos Pavon are all stars. Suazo plays on Inter Milan, Pavon
plays on LA Galaxy and Guevara used to play on New York Red Bulls but is
now in Motagua. I like to eat pupusas. You have to try them if you go.
There are a million places where you can get them too. so yea...
Posted by: Daniel IOG at Nov 30, 2007 7:32:16 PM
"Ugly Betty" would be better if producer/guest star Salma Hayek were the star and the title were ironic.
Posted by: Franklin Harris at Nov 30, 2007 9:07:58 PM
Daniel, I read that Ugly Betty originated in Colombia as Yo soy Betty la fea. Wikipedia agrees:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_la_fea
Posted by: John S. at Dec 1, 2007 5:37:38 AM
So, I guess, the question now is: why do they (Italy Survivors; Ugly Betty...)
all go to Honduras? If there is any reason for this preference, whatsoever.
Posted by: sabina at Dec 1, 2007 6:00:05 AM
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