I changed locations after the first year and my supervisor placed me in the small pueblo of San Juancito.....which was near Tegucigalpa. It had an interesting history in that it was where miners had lived while the Rosario Mine was being mined for gold and silver. The mine was higher up the mountain and the pueblo was below. The mine shut down in the 1950's and San Juancito nearly dried up after the miners left. A few stayed on to grow coffee and in the early '80's a few farmers planted apple trees and then a cooperative was started. I was sent to work with the cooperative and help them improve their Apple production.
From the photo you can see the cloudy area above the town. That's where the mine was and 10 months out of the year it's a cloud forest with lush vegetation. In the dry season the cloud disappears. The Honduran government turned the area into a national park named La Tigra. It's cool and moist in the forest. I once saw a quetzal bird near the edge of the forest. There are beautiful streams which Tegucigalpa uses as a water source.
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