The Biggest Jesus You Ever Did See

We spent a lovely day walking around El Picacho park which is known for its gigantic statue of Jesus, something you can see from way below in the city. It also has a statue of Confucius, but not nearly as tall. Anyway, the park has an amazing view of the city of Tegucigalpa as well as the prettiest gardens we have seen in Honduras. We enjoyed the day away to relax and be quiet and take in the beauty. It helps in being able to process everything we have experienced over the last couple of weeks.

There's also a little zoo there, which we went into more as an afterthought. We were glad we did the second a monkey came running up to us and danced on by, sadly, too quickly for a picture. The zoo doesn't really hold a candle to the D.C. zoo, but the one thing that is better is that you can get right up to the fence and see these animals really closely. Even the tigers. And several of the monkeys just run loose. It was really fun, especially because Reade tried to talk to all of the different animals. It often came out sounding like a chicken, but I'm sure that they appreciated the effort.


The statue of Jesus was particularly beautiful with the sky as a backdrop.


Jesus´ foot, also impressive in size.


Reade enjoying the view of the city below. He particularly liked watching the planes take off and land. I hope he never really grows up.


Monkey roaming free


Warthog


This leopard was shockingly close to us.