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Area
of Honduras:
Located in the town of Talanga (tah-LAHN-gah), about an hour’s
drive north of Tegucigalpa (teh-goo-see-GAHL-pa), the capital city.
This congregation currently worships in part of the rented
Ministerial House in town. Maximum team size at this site: 14 Travel
time from Tegucigalpa airport to Talanga
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1.5 hours Preferred
airport in Honduras (destination city):
Tegucigalpa Current
construction needs: Electricity
on worksite:
· Distance from worksite - 5 minute walk. · Setting— Small, rural town. · Rooms - The hotel has simple, clean rooms with a TV and either one or two double beds. Each room has a private bathroom with cold showers. ·
Phone - At the Casa
Ministerial for for
emergencies · Laundry - The hotel will do laundry for a fee. Meals: All meals are prepared by local cooks and served at the ministerial house. Transportation: UMVIM van from the airport to Talanga. Taxis from the hotel to the Casa Ministerial. Walk to the worksite. Other comments on this site:
Cultural
considerations:
See the general cultural awareness page on this website. Sight-seeing
from this site (Optional):
(team pays extra cost) (Not
all teams take a sight-seeing day.
Some teams leave Talanga for Tegucigalpa the morning of their
departure flight.) ·
Tegucigalpa—Some
teams end their visit with a night at a Tegucigalpa hotel before flying
out. Teams pay for their
meals during sight-seeing time, and the extra transportation cost, if
any (contact UMVIM coordinator for costs).
Cost of hotel covered by per diem fee.
Teams who spend the last night in Tegucigalpa usually leave
Talanga at 9am, travel to Valle de Angeles, enjoy this small town,
return to Tegucigalpa and check into a hotel there, have dinner out, spend the
night at the Tegucigalpa hotel, then leave for the airport in the morning. o
Valle de Angeles—A
quaint artisan village about 45 min-1 hour away from Tegucigalpa in the
mountains. Teams can buy
crafts in the many local shops, have a typical lunch, walk around town, enjoy
live music that is offered in the plaza on most weekends.) |
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This page was last updated on Saturday April 19, 2008.
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