I visited these caves in a small town called Talgua. It's about 45 minutes or an hour away from here and what makes these caves so interesting is that they are also called the "Caves of the Glowing Skulls" This is because in 1995 two peace corps volunteers and two Hondurans made a discovery of about 30 skeletons that were fossilized and looked like they were glowing. These people are believed to be from around 900 B.C. and no one is sure what type of group they belonged to, very possibly an unknown culture that lived in the mountains. They also found a lot of pottery and ovens for the pottery from around the same time period.
We didn't get to see any of the skeletons glowing because that isn't available for tourist. But, the cave was pretty big and cool to walk around in. Then we went swimming in this river which was amazing! So clean, and almost cold! Also, the view of the mountains was fantastic, as always in Honduras!
This is the entrance to the main cave.
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