At some point a number of years ago, they planted a lot of groves of palm trees for their oil.
We passed groves and groves of them.
A lot of them had ferns growing up the trunks, kind of like the bromiliads that grow in trees.
Plants growing on other plants are called Epiphytes.
There seem to be a lot of Epiphytes here.
More palm groves.
I didn't mean to include this picture because it isn't very good. But I am probably not smart enough to get rid of it without destroying the whole post.
More palm groves.
This is a factory where they process the palm oil.
More palm groves.
This is an interesting old airplane that has been converted into a restaurant. It is an old American cargo plane that has been used to run guns into Nicaragua.
Pasture of brahma cattle. A lot of the cattle here are this breed.
A complex of buildings that appeared never to have been finished.
Must have been intended for a hotel or a condo complex.
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