lake Yojoa and a micro brewery!

60 miles
A couple hours away but too far away for the day before, is Lake Yojoa. A beautiful huge lake with some intact ecosystems and abundant wildlife. An american started a micro brewery and guesthouse that is in a quiet place. So we took a day off and enjoyed some dark beer.
We rented a row boat to go out the river to the lake, and went for a great hike in national park Cerro Azul Meambre. The entrance reads "los pinos" "panacam" it was really hard for us to find not knowing those two magic words. the park spans a large area. we took three other roads that said Nat park cerro azul and they are all just communities living up in the rain forest with their animals. But signs saying welcome to nat park cerro azul keep you going.
we were losing all hope of any actually preserved lands in Central America, and i was getting very sick of getting nowhere on very steepass dirt roads. we finally found it, closer to Agua Blanca than we even started looking, after spend the first half of the day wandering. It's a great jungle preserve with easy self guided trails to great vistas. They have some really nice bungalow to stay in for 700 limperas. We didn't stay their but if you wanted a nice place it would be a great setting.
Also along the eastern shore of the lake their are a bunch of fish restaurants with huge fish from the lake and huge jars of crazy pickled things.