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Weather in Honduras

Tela (high 82F, low 67F)
Tegucigalpa (high 87F, low 58F) nearest weather station to Ojojona

Pack light! Everything you need should fit easily in ONE carry on bag. The airplane luggage guidelines are not our constraint! We will be traveling in 2-15 passenger vans. We need to get all of our luggage and all of us in those vans!

What To Pack

If I were going to Honduras, I would bring:

Comfortable clothes for hot to cool weather:
t-shirts, pants (zip-offs come in handy), a pair of shorts
Cotton things that can be washed in hotel sinks
Sweater or sweatshirt, Light jacket or windbreaker
Temperature in Ojojona (1400 m elevation) can be chilly especially at night. Long pants and modest clothing are culturally appropriate and provide some protection against mosquitoes carrying malaria and dengue fever.
How many changes of clothes? Maybe 4-6?
Raincoat
Bathing suit
Some thing to cover up on the beach in case its super sunny, rather cool, etc.
Towel
A hat of sorts for sun protection
Sandals
Hiking boots or old tennis shoes
Pocket knife (these are wonderfully useful things in Honduras) –pack in checked luggage!
Insect repellant—the ones containing DEET are the most effective.
Sunscreen, sunscreen lip balm
A small amount of laundry detergent (for quick laundering of individual articles of clothing)
Camera + lots of batteries/memory
Journal
Watch—everyone is required to carry a watch and use it to respect everyone's time. We will be traveling in groups and thus it is essential that everyone keep to the established schedule.
Alarm clock
A book or two (planes, beaches, van rides…)
Spanish-English dictionary
Pen and pad of paper/small notebook
Day pack—used for the field, the beach, the city
$200. ATM are not available in Ojojona or Tamara.
Passport
Some extra space in your pack for gifts/coffee/etc. that you may bring back
any prescription medication

If I were going to Honduras, I would consider bringing…

Simple gifts for little Honduran kids and/or your Ojojona host family—they may also be interested in seeing pictures of your family, your home, beautiful Ithaca…
If you are a chocolate feign, it doesn’t really exist in the country. You may find M&Ms at some stores… I know this from facing the challenges of finding baking chocolate.
Any of the following may come in handy (but do know that the pharmacies there are pretty good):

            Bandaids
            Tylenol/Advil (any of those fever, headache, pain meds)
            Allergy medicine
            Aloevera
            Hydrocortisone cream (for skin irritations)
            Benadryl (anti-itch)
            Pepto (any stomach stuff) –tablets not liquid
            Alcohol wipes (also called "cleansing towelettes")
            Music—if you have an iPod, you're a lucky duck

If you are a picky eater, bring comfort food—you may find yourself with the same plate of food several times a day (see Honduran Culture Notes)
A water bottle (bottled water is for sale everywhere, but if you also have chlorine drops/etc., they could come in handy)
Small flashlight
Sunglasses

If I were going to Honduras, I would not bring…

Lots of heavy books
Clothing that looks worn (holes, stains).
Super nice clothes

They use the same electrical outlets that are standard in the US.

Pack your prescription meds in your carry on bag. We will take a direct flight but problems can always come up.

Pack meds in plastic bags.

One methodology is “When in doubt, go without.” We will be a big group so chances are, if you forgot something, someone else can help you out.