A Great Last Day

After all the crazy trips to the airport, it was nice to spend the day just hanging out. After changing rooms from D&D to our private cabin at Paradise, we headed to Santa Barbara National Park for a short hike. The ferns there were mammoth, larger than many of the trees back home. The plants were really exotic too. I expected a dinosaur to walk around the corner any minute. The hike took longer than we anticipated, and we were famished when we finished.





It took every ounce of self control to skip the buffet offered at the base of hike and head to Agua Azul Restarante. It was worth the wait. The food was fantastic (I got more seafood soup), and the view was incredible. It is located right on the shores of Yojoa Lake, Honduras's largest lake. After enjoying the view and doing some bird watching we headed to the Pulhapanzak Waterfall.




I'm a waterbaby and could spend all day swimming in and around water features. This waterfall was not exactly the kind you want to swim under, but they did offer a hike under the falls. I thought it would be an easy, established trail with a walkway and a handrail. It wasn't. We had to swim in places, clutch to the sides of rocks in others. The water was coming down hard on top of us, reminding us that just one false step could be disastrous. At one point my legs were shaking so hard I asked Regina, "Did we really pay money to do this?" I tried to pictures in the caves behind the waterfall, but there was so much moisture, I mostly just got blurry spots. The experience was beyond frightening, but I had an adrenaline rush for the rest of the night, which we spent eating anafre (Honduran nachos) and drinking at the D&D Brewery before heading back to our cabin.