Ken turned 51 on Sunday - hard to believe, isn't? We took a 1 hour road trip to San Juancito (1st photo in video), where we met some of the nicest Hondurans and then on to a Bed n' Breakfast high up on a mountain in an area called El Rosario. In 1880, the US came to Honduras and developed a mining company called "El Rosario." The US along with Hondurans mined for silver, gold, copper, ore and a few other things. Some of the buildings still exist, along with a hospital, parts of a school and a cemetery. The mining closed in 1954 where the remainder of the workers went to Cuba and Nicaragua. In 1970, there were efforts to reactivate operations at El Rosario and call it the Rosario Resources Company, but on the 29th of Sept 1970, there was a landslide in the mountain and trapped 4 miners. so they closed the mines indefinitely. So now the area is part of La Tigra National Park. Ken, Jenna and I have yet to go there, but we hear it is pretty incredible. It has a ton of trails and a beautiful waterfall.
So for the bed n' breakfast............it is run by a German couple who have been in Honduras 11 years. They were really nice! We had very nice accommodations and a spectacular view (as you can see in the photos with the rainbow). We had a great dinner and breakfast was not to bad either. We did a lot of exploring and being so high up in the mountains, the air was great and we were able to drink the water out of the tap. It is the little things we appreciate :) We will definitely go there again - it is a nice getaway in the wilderness and not to far of a drive.
Jenna did great, she even has a third tooth coming in on the bottom. We hope to head to Antigua, Guatemala next month.
Our view from the cabin which was built right on the edge of a mountain......
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Ken's Birthday Weekend
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Monday, August 10, 2009
El Salvador Trip
Ken, Jenna and I returned last night from an incredible mini vacation. We, along with two other families, drove 3 1/2 hours to El Cuco, which means "crazy town." We were lucky to go. Since the "coup" there have been multiple travel restrictions, especially on the weekends. This past weekend was the first weekend the travel restriction (to drive) was lifted so we were thrilled. El Salvador certainly is a beautiful country and the beach was awesome!!!!!!. It is very clean, which was a nice change of scenery from the trash you usually see on the sides of the roads in Honduras. We stayed in a 4 bedroom house with a private pool/hot tub on the beach. It was very relaxing for all of us. As some of you may know, the country uses US dollars as it's currency. Ken and I have decided that we will most certainly make another trip before out tour is over. BTW, the first photo you see is of the river that splits Honduras and El Salvador so you have to cross a bridge to enter.
Jenna had a great time with her buddies and still proves to be an excellent traveler. She loved the water!!!!!!! Ken also learned how to surf -he did real well and picked it up very fast - which is no surprise to me. I guess I will be buying him a surf board in the future:) Here are some photos from our trip. Ken will be traveling to Puerto Rico for work sometime this month. When he returns we plan to go to Copan to see the Mayan Ruins or Antigua, Guatemala. We only have 10 more months before we leave so we want to take full advantage of our time here to do some adventures :)
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