Monday, September 29, 2008

Cowboy country in Honduras


Well horseback riding isn´t the kind of thing we would normally get up to, but.... we had a wicked time!

We joined a tour with Finca el Cisne - a large farm very close to the border with Guatemala growing coffee, cardammon and loads of other fruits and vegetables. We spent the morning riding around the plantations (quite an experience since neither of us have been on a horse for years) with our host Carlos (a bit of a dish of a cowboy according to C). After a delicious lunch of homegrown veg and coffee, we had a look around the coffee plant which was amazingly built in the 1930´s by Carlos´s grandfather and entirely runs on water coming off the mountain behind the farm.

Later in the afternoon we chilled out in some natural hotsprings close to the lodge before retiring for another fabulous fresh homecooked meal and some cards with the other folks on our trip before a solid nights sleep at the lodge.