I left Antigua for Honduras where I met up with my mom, sister, Susan, Mary and Hayden. We arrived in Copan Ruinas very near the Guatemalan border. This is a nice town tucked into a valley surrounded by mountains. Copan is also the site of the southern-most large Mayan city. This ruin site, like all the others, had its own unique features to offer that other sites may not have had. Copan in particular is known for its carvings and hieroglyphics. What makes these special is how deeply carved in the rocks they are, the rulers or city designers here had different interests from building the largest temples possible, perhaps they just had smaller egos. After walking around you could really see what the people here found important compared to the rulers in other cities,
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