Waking Life

Summer Camp at the Lake

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February 23rd 2008
We stayed at a picturesque family-run hostel called El Cortijo del Lago (The Farmhouse of the Lake) owned by an American ex-pat, his Honduran wife, and their children. It sprawled leisurely across a small valley away from the road and overlooking the lake. With the big, breezy screened-in common areas, books and board games, canoes and foosball, it felt a lot like summer camp. ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Western » Lake Yojoa

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Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a ha... ... read more