58The Land Rover stopped in front of the ancient chapel in a cloud of dust. You'd think a rain-forest would be wet. But the packed trails dried up with the trees gone. And this area had been cleared centuries ago. The building was small and almost completely overgrown except for the windows and doors, but even then had thick surroundings of leafy cover and underlying vines.
Al wrestled himself out of the back seat to join us at the front. "The chapel was all that was left of a church and surrounding pueblo when the Spanish had attempted to settle this area in the 1500's."
"The legends say that they Spanish never were really able to control these people, calling them lazy, among other things. It was said that they didn't even make good slaves. The Spanish word for this area meant literall
