Dhe solely approach from French Harbor to Crawfish Rock is by way of a potholed dust highway. That is why the taxi drivers do not prefer to drive right here. The automotive retains getting caught within the uneven floor, the sand crackles within the gearbox. Midway to the fishing village on the north coast of the Honduran island of Roatan, one passes a massive gate adorned with two spikes pointing upwards: the signal of Prospera, the affluent, a new city that can also be meant to be a new state within the state of Honduras, may home 30,000 residents and the nation is dividing like no different problem in its historical past.
Honduran territory formally ends behind the gate, which may also be acknowledged by the truth that the taxi immediately stopped rumbling. You do not see something of a new city right here, however work has already begun. The highway was paved a few months in the past. The creators of Prospera look like severe about what they’re doing.
After a few extra hundred meters you must make a choice: for those who flip left, you come to Crawfish Rock, the village, that’s, that appears like a pirate’s nest. Within the village sq., younger individuals are chasing a ball, canine are lazing within the shade in entrance of the grocery shops, and within the background you possibly can hear the waves gently lapping the shore.
