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In August of 2009, my partner, Mel, purchased a lot in Alta Vista, but it wasn’t until December 2010 when we were finally able to fly to Honduras to see the lot.
We arrived in San Pedro Sula on December 19th and then flew over to Roatan. We chose to see Roatan first as we are interested to see how this Honduran Bay Island has developed since the arrival of the cruise ships. With the impending development of the cruise ship terminal in Trujillo (both Mel and I have invested in the cruise ship terminal development), we were interested in the business opportunities that Roatan offers and possibly how those business opportunities may develop over time in Trujillo.
On December 23rd we said our farewell’s to Roatan and took a sunny ferry ride over to La Ceiba, where our gracious host Cathy Bernier from Fast Track, met us at the ferry terminal. Our 2 ½ hour ride to Trujillo was filled with Cathy’s vast knowledge of the sights along the road to Trujillo. Once in Trujillo, Cathy continued our tour of Trujillo, the sights of where the cruise ship terminal is to be built, Life Vision Properties building and then to Banana Beach Resort where we would stay for the next 5 days.
During our days in Trujillo, Cathy toured us all through Campa Vista, Campo del Mar, Coroz Alta, and where our future home will be, Alta Vista. Even though it was a rainy, foggy day when we climbed up to our lot, our imaginations swirled as to how our tropical home will overlook Trujillo Bay with the sights of Puerto Castilla, and the islands of Guanaja, Cayos Cochinos, and Roatan as our front deck view. The homes we toured in Campa Vista are modernly built with beautiful Caribbean colors to accent
the interior and exterior of the homes. Stunning views of Trujillo Bay and the landscape of the rain forest provide beautiful views from every angle of the newly built homes in Campa Vista.
Our days in Trujillo were spent with friendly people, lazy sunny beach days (save for a few rainy days), and the sights and sounds of a developing town ready to embrace and welcome new faces.
Some of our highlights in Trujillo included “The Fair Trade Co-Op – Made in Honduras” store, “Vino Tinto” restaurant overlooking Trujillo Bay, Christmas Eve Lunch at “Casa Alemania”, fine margarita’s at Banana Beach Resort and the best for last, our wonderful host, tour guide, and all around extraordinaire…Cathy Bernier!
We are looking forward to our next trip to Trujillo!
Feliz Viaje!
Michelle, Mel and Cayla
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Banana Coast featured in Seatrade Magazine
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Honduras president presides at Banana Coast groundbreaking
Date: 21 March 2011
Nearly a thousand residents from local communities joined dozens of politicians and business leaders in Trujillo, Honduras, for the groundbreaking ceremony for Banana Coast, set to become the country’s first major mainland cruise port.
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa symbolically laid the first brick to mark the start of construction on the 50,000sq ft commercial center that will include dozens of boutiques, restaurants and tour excursion offices. ‘This project has a lot of significance for the region,’ Lobo said. ‘The cruise port will be crucial for the development of Trujillo and its surrounding neighborhoods.’
The $20m project, led by Grande Trujillo Autoridad, a partnership between the Municipality of Trujillo, local landowners led by Life Vision Properties and Miami-based Global Destinations Development, is expected to create more than 3,000 jobs. Other officials attending included Santa Fe Mayor Noel Ruiz, SERNA Deputy Minister Marco Lainez, National Congress President Juan Hernandez and Trujillo Mayor Jose Lainez.
In the past year the town has been making significant capital improvements in anticipation of the cruise port construction, according to Michael Greve, president of Global Destinations Development. Building facades are being repaired, streets are being recobbled and sidewalks installed near where the cruise ships will dock.
The facilities are expected to be completed and ready to accept cruise passengers in 2012.
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President Lobo inaugurates Ground Breaking of Banana Coast
President Lobo Delivering SERNA Certifcate
This past Friday March 11, 2011 marked a historical time in Trujillo, as the SERNA Certificate for Banana Coast Cruise Port was hand delivered to Randy Jorgensen by Honduran President Porfirio Lobo. The auspicious ceremony attended by nearly 1000 residents from the local communities, began with performers from the Garifuna community dancing the native dance, PUNTA. This highly hip gyrated dance was enjoyed by all the locals as well the international visitors who came to Trujillo for the special day.
Garifuna Dancers
Attending officials included, the Deputy Minister of SERNA – Marco Lainez, President of National Congress- Juan Hernandez, Mayors of Trujillo – Jose Lainez, Santa Fe – Noel Ruiz, Roatan- Julio Galindo, Executive of State – Ramon Lobo and the First Lady of Honduras – Rosa Elena de Lobo. Jim Sand President of Fast Track Group presented a gift to President Lobo as a gesture of gratitude for the support of the cruise port project. The original Robert Bateman illustration of a North American Bison was graciously accepted with the message that they serve as a reminder of the Canadian friends in Trujillo.
Laying Final Stone
Immediately following, President Lobo symbolically laid the first brick to denote the commencement of the 50,000 square foot commercial centre which will be home to retail stores, boutiques, government offices and excursion tour operations.
Newspaper and television journalists from as far away as Tegucigalpa came to Trujillo to cover the events of the day. An article in El Tiempo the following day quoted Trujillo Mayor Jose Lainez saying, the cruise terminal will “significantly solve the problem of unemployment” and “will encourage improvement of living conditions for the people of Trujillo”. The project is expected to create over 3000 jobs and according to Randy Jorgensen, CEO at Life Vision. The day following the announcement of the cruise port project, hundreds of people lined up at the Life Vision office just outside of Rio Negro wanting to complete an application for employment. “The time for Trujillo has finally come and their hope in the air”, says Randy.
Jim Sand presents gift to President Lobo
Banana Coast will be a key economic driver in the community and will attract investors from all over the world. In due course real estate will be impacted positively as more people look for international real estate investments. The shoreline of the Bay of Trujillo is amongst the purest and pristine sands in the Caribbean. In addition the government of Honduras has opened the doors for foreign investment into Honduras even wider with attractive incentives.
The land based facilities are planned to be complete and ready accept passenger in the 2012. For more information on Banana Coast visit, http://www.bananacoast.com/
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The Banana Coast cruise port, currently being built in Trujillo will be the largest main land cruise port in Honduras. Real estate opportunities in the area have started to take off and will continue to grow as the area around develops.