A Little Presentation About...Tigo

Tigo is the name of the very dominant cell phone country...ahem, company here in Honduras. It is literally everywhere. Amy and I say that Tigo owns Honduras (the national colors are blue and white, after all...hmm). Tigo has plastered their name on everything imaginable - storefronts, walls, signs, cars, mountainsides, watertowers. It is so ubiquitious that I just had to share it with you. As you can see from the following slideshow, Tigo really is "with you" in Honduras.

Some random facts about this monopolistic monolith:

- Tigo is a play on the Spanish "contigo", which means "with you".
- Tigo is just one part of a larger cellular giant - the parent company has phone companies in Central and South America and in Africa.

Besides what is displayed below, I have seen Tigo in other unique places. I have yet to capture them on digital film, but when I do, I will share them with you. Among the missing are:

- Traffic cones with Tigo screenprinted on the side.
- Bright orange safety vests, worn by the police at traffic checks, with Tigo emblazoned on the back.
- The national soccer stadium has Tigo all over the walls.
- A Tigo beach towell
- Tigo t-shirts (I haven't figured out what you have to do to actually aquire one)