Yesterday my host, Alejandra, picked me up at the hotel and we drove into the mountainous countryside south of Tegucigalpa to visit the two market towns of Santa Lucia and Valle de Angeles. Beautiful historic towns, warm people, lots to see.

The drive itself was an adventure. Aside from a panorama of endless pine-covered hills, there was always plenty along the shoulders of the roads - cows, horses, dogs, people sleeping (I think/hope?), children darting across the road, old cowboys on horseback complete with rifles and bandoliers, endless shacks with people grilling corn over oil barrel barbecues, pickup trucks with beds full of people.

Santa Lucia street scene

Market street - Valle de Angeles

Dogs enjoying the shade - Valle de Angeles

The kitchen of Delicio di me Tierra restaurant - Valle de Angeles

Colonial church - Santa Lucia

'Recycled' mural created by Valle de Angeles children using .....

..... soda cap liners.

Original: http://icowley.blogspot.com/2011/06/day-trip-to-country.html
By: Ian Cowley
Posted: June 5, 2011, 4:37 pm