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In Honduras

February 23, 2010 By Eric Douglas

Dr. Elmer MejiaDr. Matias Nochetto and I made it to La Ceiba Honduras safe and sound with no problems other than about an hour delay in Miami. Pretty minor in the grand scheme of things.

Dr. Elmer Mejia picked us up in the airport in San Pedro Sula and drove us the 2.5 hours to La Ceiba. We could have grabbed another flight over here, but Elmer offered to pick us up. He suggested the drive would help us see more of the country. Pretty fascinating trip. He warned us when we got in the car that he chose to bring his smaller car because crime around the airport is bad and people have been killed for their cars. Made for an interesting introduction to the country.

We passed what Matias and I both thought was a school. A fleet of retired American school buses out front were loading up what appeared to be high school-aged kids. After we got past Elmer explained that it wasn’t a school at all, but a textile factory and the company bused their employees to work and to their villages. As we drove on across the mountains toward the coast, we were stopped by police checkpoints four different times. Honduras has also become a waypoint for the drug trade coming up from South America so the federal police are out to stop it. Noble effort although I’m sure it’s a losing battle. This is all cocaine heading toward the US.

Don’t get me wrong, though. Everything here isn’t bad or scary. There is a lot positive going on, and I’ll write more about that later this week. This country is struggling no doubt, but I guess that is the point. We need to understand each other and the situation before we can truly appreciate what’s going on.

No pictures yet. Was just traveling all day. Should have something to show tomorrow though. Stay tuned.

Filed Under: Diving, Documentary, Photography, Travel

Being a Modern Journalist

February 17, 2010 By Eric Douglas

making+a+point.jpgYears ago, as journalists, we were just writers or photographers or we made documentary videos. Today, with the ability to capture images, make them move and blend them together with audio and video, it’s an incredible time to be telling stories and these stories help us come together and understand each other better than we ever have before.

In just a few days, I’m off to Honduras. This trip is really shaping up to be a powerful project with wide-ranging reach. I’m going to meet some of the local divers and learn more about their lives and how they dive. That’s the first step to understanding what they do and why they do it. I’ll begin photographing them, and I’m taking along a digital audio recorder as well so I can record my interviews and capture sound bites along with the photos and videos—my new camera also shoots high def video. My goal is to present this as a full multimedia program when it’s done.

We’re planning to return to Honduras in the Spring to move this project along as well, conducting some DAN training for the local hyperbaric chamber and conducting some research as well. Can’t wait for this to get started.

Quick side note: Today, things have gotten even more amazing than they already were. Next month, I’m exhibiting a collection of my Russia Project photos in Moscow at an international film festival. This is an incredible opportunity to bring the project back to where it started 17 years ago. The organizers of that festival are also holding another film festival in France in May. I planned to go there as well, but wasn’t sure how I was going to afford it. The expenses are coming in lower than I expected and I just received, through the Foundation, a very large, incredibly generous donation. That makes it seem a lot more likely that this trip is going to happen..

Filed Under: Adventure, Documentary, Travel

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