Pul-han-pan what?

This past weekend Zach, David and I went on a quick trip to Lago de Yojoa, the biggest lake in Honduras. We took a few busses and arrived in a small roadside town. We took a minibus up to Cerro Azul (Blue mountain) and stayed there the first night. It was a beautiful national park and we spent the first afternoon hiking more than we anticipated.
Here we are at the viewpoint looking over the lake and surrounding forest. We were going to turn back here but then decided to make the full 7km loop despite the fact that we were tired, starving and hot. So the loop took us down a valley, up another mountain and then down back to the visitor's center of the park. By that point we were famished and cranky and it didn't help to find out that dinner wouldn't be ready for another 45 minutes.
After our stay at Cerro Azul we had an aventure looking for another hotel closer to the lake. We went to two different ones that were pretty run down and seemed to be past their prime. It was as if they were constructed about 30 years ago and then haven't been touched since. We opted for another hotel that had been recommended by some other teachers. When we arrived we found it to also be dissapointing due to the fact that the owners were in the middle of some problems. The wife apparently pressed fake charges on the husband and got him put in jail. Needless to say you could tell that the hotel was undergoing some management changes for the worst.

The highlight of our trip was this amazing waterfall called Pulhapanzak which was 44m high. It was beautiful and the surrounding greenery was breathtaking.David and Zach paid for a guide to take them behind the waterfall to a cave and then cliff jumping. I decided to stay back and take pictures.
Oh and Zach almost fell off the cliff. Well....sort of.
I wanted to add a picture of this vibrant tree that is blooming right now all over Honduras. It is called a Llama del bosque, Flame of the forest, and it truly is flame like. I love it.
Now for a few random pictures of recent events.

Isaac's birthday was last week. I like how he was handed a giant knife and was playing with it while waiting for us to be ready to light the candles.
One morning last week we had a breakfast potluck at Zach's apartment before heading to school for a work day. We had delicious french toast, orange juice and fruit.
After breakfast I decided to document our walk to school. This is the first of many hills up to school. I like how this picture shows cars blocking each other, garbage on the street and people that we pass each morning. It is fun to see the same faces each day. Oh and by the way, the garbage gets swept up. Usually women clean up in front of their houses and then water the street to keep the dust down. I wonder if it actually helps.