This morning I told Nicole I was going to update the blog. She said I needed to because I was behind. I responded that I just posted on Thursday. Then I imported the photos... we have been having lots of fun since Thursday! Lots of pictures in this post, hope you enjoy!
On Thursday, the school activity for the week was to go horseback riding. We rode west of town to see the scenery. It was beautiful, we rode until we were about 10 km from the border of Gutaemala. Below are pictures of each of us with our horses.
Nicole with her horse, we forget his name.
Tyler with his horse, Mariposa (butterfly)
Emma with her horse, Princesa (princess)
Josiah with his horse
On Friday was an important festival in Copan, the festival of the Guacamaya, the national bird of Honduras. On this day, the bird park in Copan (see the post from our first week in Copan when we visited) releases dozens of Guacamaya birds into the wild. The bird almost went extinct a few years ago, now they have been removed from the endangered list (onto the threatened list) because of the work of this bird park to save the Guacamaya. The festival had activities for the kids and a series of concerts. Below are a few pictures from our fun at the festival.
Emma with a Guacamaya
Jorge, the nephew of our host family went with us
Josiah with his Guacamaya
Early Saturday morning we headed up to Panacam next to the Yajoa Lake, the only lake in Honduras. We went hiking to a couple of waterfalls where the kids were able to go swimming.
Us arriving at the lodge, Panacam
The kids enjoying their hike
We made it to a a waterfal!
The kids played in the water
Josiah spotted this Toad that looks like a leaf
Another waterfall where the kids went swimming
Our second day we went Kayaking on the lake. It was lots of fun. Tyler and Emma went to the other side of lake and back. Josiah, Emma, and Nicole found snail shells in the lake. It was a great time!
Tyler and Josiah on Kayakes
Emma and Nicole on Kayakes
Nicole and kids (can you tell Tyler had the camera?)
Emma heading to the far side of the lake
Beautiful!
We stopped for food down the road next to the lake at a place called Honduyate, it was a breathtaking view
The kids at a fountin
Panoramic view of the lake
After this we headed back to Copan, but our driver told us we had to stop to see one more waterfall. I am glad he did, it is the biggest waterfall in Honduras, 140 feet (for perspective, Niagara Falls is 170 feet). It was another amazing view of the beauty of Honduras.
Nicole in front of the waterfall
The family in front of the waterfall - where's Emma?
Another family picture, with a random person in front of the P...
This one looks like a post card!
This ends our adventures for the weekend. But I was asked to always include some food pictures, so here are a few random dishes we ate over the last few days to wrap up this post:
Kinda like nachos, but Honduras style
Fish Fingers is what this one is called
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