For ages, the people of Honduras and the world at large have heard the whispers of a lost city of a long-gone civilization: Cuidad Blanca, or the Lost City of the Monkey God. About a decade ago, American researchers and explorers thought they'd finally come up with a location in the remote jungles of Mosquitia, a region of Honduras and Nicaragua. This book tells the tale of that exploration, first by groundbreaking scanning technology, then by physical ground-mapping in the snake- and insect-infested jungle, and then of the aftermath of the exploration, which includes everything from angry archaeologists to a slow-moving and horrifying disease caught by most of the people who traveled to the site in Mosquitia. I enjoyed listening to this book, which at times felt like a true-life Michael Crichton novel. A fun book, though it certainly makes me think twice about any notions of heading into the jungles of Honduras. *shudder*
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