i hope that all of my canadian readers enjoyed their thanksgiving turkey - i was yearning for some all weekend!
a couple of people have asked what a cloud forest is so here goes - they are forests that are high up in the clouds which means they get very little sunlight and are generally very moist which impacts on the vegetation that grows there - mainly bromeliads and other neat looking plants. this type of forest is different than anything i've seen in canada!
i headed to taulabe to see some caves (just outside of siguatepeque). they were amazing and terrifying at the same time! they are over 12 km long (i didn't walk the entire length) with only ~400m lit with lights. i continued a bit further with just my flashlight but it was hard going with the limited light, the stale air and the slippery surface so i turned back. it was also a bit depressing walking through a tunnel of rocks with nothing moving save for the bats that would fly past so close they nearly touched you! i really don't think i'd have enjoyed walking the whole 12km on my own - it just felt so stifled and isolated walking through there!
after the caves, i took a bus to the nation's capital - teguciagalpa. there's about 1 million people living here and it's a nice city though not as nice as santiago. i came to see the valle de angeles which is a nearby historical town and tourist area. i had expected something pretty and colourful (like valparaiso in chile) but i was a bit disappointed. they had heaps of tourist shops with much of the same stuff in each of them and the music reminded me of a circus. there was a parade and firecrackers and cotton candy - all up, it was an odd sort of place.
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