Comments on: Why Does Honduras Hate Me?

By: Have you has an ATM disaster while traveling? We did - Santa Fe Travelers

Have you has an ATM disaster while traveling? We did - Santa Fe Travelers — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:21:53 +0000

[…] The ATM Disaster: “After a month on the island I discovered that someone used our card info, which apparently was lifted from an ATM machine with a fraudulent card reader on it, to withdraw money from my bank account. Luckily I caught it the day they did it, so an immediate block was put on my account. I use a PayPal card as backup, but there was a problem since I had logged into my account from Honduras even though I had been regularly updating them about our travels. That took about 3 days to clear up. Then the challenge of getting my replacement card began. Utila has no street addresses, and apparently FedEx doesn’t like that. After almost 1-1/2 months, I finally got a replacement card by sending it to a friend who was in Canada visiting family and was coming back to the island.” You can Talon’s entire saga here. […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:34:00 +0000

In reply to David. Most definitely!

By: David

David — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:26:00 +0000

I would say experience makes you stronger and wise…

By: Michael Reilly

Michael Reilly — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:19:00 +0000

First time visitors to Honduras are amazed by the warmth of Honduran
hospitality.
Returning travelers have never forgotten it

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:19:00 +0000

In reply to Linda. So very true. I have a friend who says she will never go back to a certain country because someone stole her iTouch. Never mind they left all the other expensive electronics alone. Still how does that represent an entire nation? I certainly wouldn’t want my home country to be judged by the poor choices of a few citizens.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:50:00 +0000

You are so wise not to let your troubles put you off a place. I have a friend who won’t return to Nice, France because her wallet was stolen there, and another who won’t return to Rome for similar reasons. So silly. These things happen everywhere, and as everyone says – it’s no bad thing learning lessons for the future!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:26:00 +0000

In reply to Lisa @chickybus. Sounds like quite an awful time! I’m very grateful there have been a lot of wonderful experiences on top of the crap ones as well. Otherwise we’d be getting the heck out of Honduras! LOL I’m definitely jealous of his life, too. J

By: Lisa @chickybus

Lisa @chickybus — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:59:00 +0000

I totally know what you’re talking about here. I felt this way when I lived in Barcelona. So many things went wrong. I got pickpocketed in a supermarket and didn’t even notice it until later. And that was not the worst part of my time there. Long, crappy story. If I’d had a blog back then, I would have used the title you used for yours!

Anyway, I’m glad that there have been a good number of positive experiences there in Honduras despite the various hassles. It’s wonderful that you guys have been diving together–how cool! PS: Your son is living my fantasy childhood! 🙂

By: Lisa @chickybus

Lisa @chickybus — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:59:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:22:00 +0000

In reply to Technosyncratic Travel Blog. HUGE annoyance!