Where exactly is Talanga, anyway...? (by Todd)

That's certainly what I thought when I first heard we were going there.

Well, basically it's a town of about 10,000 people (with maybe 30,000 if you count outlying areas) located about an hour north of Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital.

Here's a map (click to enlarge):


If you're like me before I started this whole adventure, you may be a little shaky on your Central American geography. There are five countries in Latin America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Honduras is in the middle, and it borders on all the others except Costa Rica.

Check out the World Factbook entry on Honduras if you are looking for more information:

And, while we're on the subject, this is the Honduran flag: