Honduras
Dodging downpours for a Mayan miracle
An unseasonal rainy spell dampens novelist Hari Kunzru's impressions of
Honduras. But things brighten up when he discovers the dazzling jungle life
and Mayan ruins
Sunday April 20, 2003
The Observer
The picture I have of the island of Roatan is the type tour operators put on
Underground posters to traumatise winter commuters. Azure sea, white sand,
central casting palm tree. I am supposed to be there, swinging on a hammock
in the sun.
Instead I am standing in a striplit hall at San Pedro Sula airport staring
out of a window at the tropical storm chucking water on the other side of
the plate glass. It seems Honduras, usually dry at this time of year, is
experiencing a late rainy season. Roatan airstrip is closed.
The boys at the airline counter wear philosophical expressions and make
mention of God. Maybe a plane will take off today, they say. I am getting a
kind of long-term feeling from them.
Five hours later and we are all bored, including the security guy and the
woman tending the bar. No plane today, not now.
http://www.observer.co.uk/travel/story/0,6903,939806,00.html
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