By John Dupuis

John Dupuis created the Copan Tips guidebook in 1994 where he met the founders of Honduras.com crew while vacationing in Copan the guide was transformed into Honduras Tips and originally published by Honduras.com. John Dupuis and Honduras.com have had a long history together doing their best to provide the most complete Travel Guide to the country of Honduras. John has recently begun his new Guide to Nicaragua Travel Tips called NicaTips and is the current President of the La Ceiba, Honduras Chamber of Tourism (CANATURH) www.hondurastourism.com. John personally attends just about every major tourism meeting and convention related to Tourism and safety for tourist in Honduras and maintains an open line of communication with Honduras.com staff as well as new Honduran Police Director Tiger Bonilla in order to assist in providing the most up to date developments affecting Tourist and Tourism in general throughout Honduras. If any one person knows where to go and where "not" to go in Honduras it is John Dupuis and we are extremely happy to not only have him as a contributor to Honduras.com but also as a valued long time friend. John also built and operates with his family the charming B&B known as La VIlla de Soledad on the Cangrejal River in La Ceiba. John has spent years protecting the environment at the Cangrejal River and is President of the Guaruma non profit school manned by volunteers from around the world dedicated to protecting and educating the residents of this wonderful water shed on proper environmental practices. He is an avid rafting fanatic who goes rafting every chance he gets which is often considering he has his lovely La Villa de Soledad B&B on the property used by tour operators to put their rafts in. When you come to Honduras to go rafting there is no better place and be sure to stop by and say hi.