In January 2011, I moved from Roatan to the capital city of Honduras. People wanted to know where I came from: the way we speak, what we eat, who we are.
I realized most Hondurans had never been shown the islands I grew up on.
I began sharing the places I went on social media: beaches on Roatan that most people had no idea existed, because they only ever saw the tourist side.
The answer to every question was the same: come and see.
The posts grew into a real blog, Honduras Mochilera, which I started as a tourism student at UNITEC. I made friends with tourism students from other departments of Honduras, and those friendships took me traveling across the country.
Once I settled back in Roatan for good, I listened to what readers wanted most: the Bay Islands. In March 2017, Honduras Mochilera became Caribbean Honduras, devoted to the six Bay Islands: Roatan, Utila, Guanaja, Morat, Barbareta and Saint Helene.
PressDiario Tiempo published my article “El Pez León: La Epidemia de Nuestro Caribe”.
In 2018 Caribbean Honduras became a legally established company. Since then it has published a history book in two languages, a cookbook, free digital magazines and a children's book; brought national TV crews to the islands; created the Digital Tourism Exposé during the pandemic; and earned diplomas from National Geographic, through Go Blue Bay Islands, and from the Garífuna community.
Along the way came national awards from the Honduran Institute of Tourism, Mentorías Mujeres BAC and Fundación Terra, and today we are filming Hidden Wonders.
See the full timelineThe Bay Islands have memory. We preserve it.
To preserve, document and share the history, culture and natural wealth of the Bay Islands through creative content, educational products and innovative experiences that connect people with the islands' identity.
To become the national and international reference that turns the history, gastronomy and traditions of the Bay Islands into creative, educational and sustainable products with real cultural and economic impact.
Protect and share the islands' historical, cultural and natural heritage before it is lost.
Island culture at the center of everything. Every book and experience comes from it and gives back to it.
Turn historical knowledge into creative experiences, like historical tours that come with a book.
Grow local communities with island businesses, schools and creators.
Six episodes beyond the beaches: history, legends and the places that shape island life, filmed on Utila, Roatan, Guanaja, Santos Guardiola, Saint Helene, Morat, Barbareta and the cays.
Made with Kirk Hays, The Vagabond Artist, with an expected reach of over 1.5 million.
Archival island recordings from the 1990s beside today's voices and conversations. Free on Spotify.
Listen on Spotify ↗Utila, Guanaja and Santos Guardiola, each with its own magazine about its history, people and places.
Read the magazines ↗Stories made with island businesses, like our collaboration with Dream Ferries on “Roatán Alternativa” and the history behind Bay Islands Petroleum's murals.
The books, the series and the stories all live at Caribbean Honduras.
