Germán, who has seen all five of the country's wild cat species while on expeditions to the top of Pico Bonito explained to me the genuine danger of such a trip. "One slip on those rocks, and no one will ever get you out. You're done. You're gone. These days, say there are ten people that want to be guided to the top. They each pay me so much, and it is a lot of money. But no amount of money is worth my life."
Hearing Germán's stories of the Honduran jungle reminds me of how this area shaped me for so much of my life. A very long time ago, I first heard the stories of a lost city that may or may not exist in Eastern Honduras.
The idea, and the apparent credibility behind the possibility of a completely undiscovered city-sized ruin on my own continent confounded and entranced me.
Old Highways of Peten From Belize into the jungles of Northern Guatemala, we travel with redheaded triplets who insist our theories about the Mayan past are all wrong.
The Howling Coast From the isolated Pacific Coast of Nicaragua to its bustling center.
Granada Libre Nicaragua from its tourism mecca, and the choices it faces as it enters a brave new world.
Jungle in the Sky A walk in the Nicaraguan volcanic cloud forest of Mombacho with an odd cast of characters.
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Green kingfisher at work in the darkest passageways of the mangroves.
