Lake Yojoa

The weather forced a change of direction and I'm so glad it did. The area around Lake Yojoa is just stunningly beautiful. There are two national parks in the area and we ended up staying in a guest house run by an American guy who brewed his own real ale!!

There were so many natural wonders to be seen including crystal clear water holes that were a gorgeous blue colour, powerful waterfalls (which I agreed to go on an alternative guided tour and walk behind- turned out more to be a scramble, swim and wading against the flow of the water but exciting all the same) and the lake itself, which we rowed around in a very basic little boat for the day.

The week of bird watching, walking and sheltering from the rain was complemented with beer drinking and playing crib in the evenings. Unfortunately, the rain returned with avengence and so after staying a week at Bob's microbrewery (D and D Brewery for anyone wanting to visit the Lake), we headed off to the capital, Tegucigalpa. The weather is much better here and we are heading to another national park tomorrow called La Tigra where they have dormitories inside the park to stay in. The cloud forest sounds spectacular and there is a chance of spotting quetzals, mawcaws, parrots and toucans. The birds here are amazing - it reminds me of the first time I snorkelled in Malaysia and saw the spectacular colours under the water. This is similar, but the colours are all around in every tree, either from the birds or the orchids.

Me and Bob outside the container where he makes all his beer

Lake Yojoa

Hope everyone who went skiing had a great time - it's the one thing I'm really missing at the moment, but I can't have everything!! Email me some photo's.