Culture shock. I’ve always been fascinated with this term. Before I experienced it, the phrase always struck me as seriously clichéd. As I’ve mentioned earlier, I spent some time in La Mosquitia in Honduras a few years ago. It’s remote, and requires major effort to explore. Before this trip, I had traveled a lot, but never in [...]
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Culture Shock: A Reality or a Fabrication?
April 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Wary of the advice of others
Travel Movies We Love: Madness in La Mosquitia
April 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Travel Movies We Love
#3 THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986) Clearly, Lia and I have a thing for Harrison Ford. Based on the book by Paul Theroux, “The Mosquito Coast” tells the story of an eccentric patriarch who drags his family to Central America in hopes of creating a Utopian society away from America’s capitalistic grip. Ford plays Allie [...]
