Author: Ben Anson

It is not an easy thing to pull through – loneliness. Not easy at all… Someone once said: “loneliness is the ultimate poverty”. Perhaps it is.

Honduras has blessed me (as hard as it gets at times) to see and live its reality as the Honduran does.

An ambience of laughter, tranquillity and contentment thrives in the Garifuna communities of Tela; an old port on the Caribbean coast of Honduras.

He who has been without, knows what it’s like to go without and hence does not wish it upon anyone. Such is the noble and deeply affectionate Honduran.

Anuel, pounded on the small yet furious Bluetooth speaker, which my neighbor Blanco appears to cherish. The lyrics are horribly offensive.

As I studied the stunning, caged macaws from afar, being sat at a nicely polished wooden table with my socio Padilla, I began to entertain deep thoughts of Honduras…