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On June 28th President Zelaya was expelled from the country by the Honduran military, backed by the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court. Congress President, Roberto Micheletti, has been sworn in as the interim President. Military personnel have been deployed on the streets of Tegucigalpa, and a temporary curfew is currently in place running from 10:00pm – 5:00am, though this may change at short notice. Demonstrations continue to occur throughout the country, and have been accompanied by sporadic incidents of violence and roadblocks.

The US government issued a Travel Alert on June 29th, recommending that American citizens defer all non-essential travel to Honduras until further notice.

The British government is not advising against travel to Honduras, but is advising all British nationals in Honduras to exercise extreme caution, to stay away from large gatherings and places of public protest.

Roatan, La Ceiba and San Pedro Sula Airports remain open and flights are operating normally. Tegucigalpa’s Toncontin Airport is closed for 48 hours effective today Monday, July 6th. Those travelers with flights scheduled with American Airlines may wish to call +(504) 216-4800 (Honduras) or 1-800-433-7300 (United States). Those traveling with Delta Airlines may wish to call 1-800-791-9000 (United States and Central America) or +(504) 550-1616 (San Pedro Sula). Those with flights scheduled with Continental Airlines may wish to call +(504) 220-0999 (Tegucigalpa), +(504) 557-4141 (San Pedro Sula), or 1-800-231-0856 (United States). Taca Airlines and its affiliates have cancelled domestic flights for the past week for reasons unrelated to the political unrest.

Our contacts in Honduras assure us that all tourist services in destinations outside Tegucigalpa continue to operate normally and remain unaffected by the political situation. The borders remain open.

At this time our partners have not taken the decision to cancel tour services in Honduras, but are leaving the decision to each traveler.

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Many of you have heard, the president of Honduras was removed in a coup over the weekend, and is currently in exile in Costa Rica. We are monitoring the situation closely. Currently there has been no disruption of normal tourist services. In the capital city, Tegucigalpa, there are small protests by the ousted president’s supporters, and some road blocks have been set up near the presidential palace. A curfew remains in effect for the next 48 hours in Tegucigalpa.

Tours and tourist services in the rest of the country continue to remain unaffected. Should any change to this status occur, we will notify you.

As of the present there is only one international flight per week (on Wednesdays) between Bangkok and Guwahati in northeast India. The flight can be used by those that book tours in Bhutan that originate from Paro, the capital of Bhutan, traverse the entire country to Eastern Bhutan, to Mongar and Trashigang on its only road, and rather than backtracking to Paro again, the tourists can continue to exit Bhutan via Samdrup Jongkhar in southeastern corner of Bhutan to Guwahati in Assam province of India. Guwahati offers also a convenient flight access to Kolkata and Delhi, as well as serves as a starting point for adding a cruise tour extension on the Brahmaputra River or visiting the Kaziranga National Park and elsewhere in Assam – Meghalaya region. The Indian government now considers introduction of new direct international flights from Guwahati to not only Thailand but also to Myanmar, Bangladesh, China and Malaysia. These connections would further improve the travel logistics in the India subcontinent, to and from China and southeast Asia.

Second significant addition to travel access to India has been recent introduction of new daily flights by Air India from Chicago via Frankfurt to New Delhi and onwards to Hyderbad or elsewhere in South Asia.