La Ceiba, Honduras Traditional Cache
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The city of La Ceiba is named after an incredible tree. This cache will show you an example of that tree.
The tree figures in the mythologies of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, in particular that of the Maya civilization, where the concept of the central world tree is often depicted as a ceiba trunk, which connects the planes of the Underworld (Xibalba), the skies and the terrestrial realm.
The Honduran city of La Ceiba was named after a particular ceiba tree that grew down by the old docks. The Puerto Rican town of Ceiba is also named after this tree. Ceiba is also the national tree of both Guatemala and Puerto Rico.
In 1525, Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés ordered the hanging of Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc from a Ceiba tree after overtaking his empire.
In 1898, the Spanish army in Cuba surrendered to the United States under a ceiba, which was named the Tree of Peace (Arbol de la Paz), outside of Santiago de Cuba.
The cache is located on the stadium/South side of the tree, about 10 feet up. You WILL have to do a little bit of stepping up on the tree to obtain the cache. When you face the tree to find the cache, you want the canal on your left-hand side. It small and black. It's frequented by people admiring the tree, so PLEASE be aware of that when looking for it.
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