One of the highlights of our time in Copan was our overnight visit to Finca El Cisne, a 2000 acre ranch. Carlos, one of the sons in the family which owns the farm, was our fantastic host during a day and a half of riding around the ranch to see the cattle, fish ponds, coffee and cardamom plantations, and numerous varieties of fruit trees and vegetables. During our ride on the first day, we stopped to sample fresh young coconuts, tamarind, and a bizarre fruit called guabana. We had a great lunch of fresh grilled tilapia from the ponds, which we ate by the swimming hole on the property - a very welcome stop after a morning of riding around the ranch. There was even a cocoa bean tree beside the guesthouse, but unfortunately the
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