WARNING To Fellow Travelers Heading To Copan, Honduras!

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Fellow travelers, I wish to warn you about a hotel in Copan Ruinas, Honduras if you're headed that way. DO NOT stay at "Hotel Moises". The owner, Moises, overcharged us for the room after initially giving us a lower price. THEN he sold us a trip to Rio Dulce that didn't take us all the way. The vans that transport travelers are contractors and work with hotel owners. The driver dropped us off at Rio Hondo. Before I bought the ticket from Moises, I asked that if that the transport would take us all the way to Rio Dulce. He assured me it would. So, when the chauffeur stopped at Rio Hondo to drop us off, I of course jumped on him. He informed me that he was only instructed to drop us off at Rio Hondo because he was headed to Antigua (opposite direction from where we were going). That's what he was paid for. HELL NO! I stressed to him that that was NOT what we paid Moises for. I was PISSED!! The chauffeur decided to buy me and my friend a bus ticket to Rio Dulce. He informed me that he would speak to Moises to see if he would pay him back. Who knows. Anyway, take this advice any way you want. Stay at Cafe ViaVia which is across the street from Hotel Moises. The place is nice and cheap.

To my readers, we visited the Copan Ruins in Honduras. There wasn't much to the town of Copan Ruinas. We primarily came to Honduras to visit the ruins only. The town is close to the Guatemalan border. At the ruins there were stone figures that were impressive. Our guide, Virgilio, was of Mayan decent and was very knowledgeable on the history of the ruins in Copan. The ruins were alright. I think the ruins in Palenque and Chichén Itzá were more impressive. However, Copan was still interesting to visit and learn about.

No body slams in this town or crazy drunken nights. The town was kind of boring actually. Met some Californian chicks. They were alright until one commented that she hated Texas (even though she's never been there). I almost smacked her with my shoe. Cause you know, assaults with shoes can be VERY effective. I held off.

on the road....yet again,
alex

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Photos

Copan Ruinas Town
Shotguns are common in this town. I bought one.

Copan Ruinas Town
A "pupu" store?? What da??

Copan Ruinas Town
The town square with TukTuks (pronounced took-tooks).

Copan Ruinas Town
Me wheelin' and dealin'.

Copan Ruinas Town
Cows are cool.

Copan Ruins
Turtle.

Copan Ruins
The ball court.

Copan Ruins
Roots from a 500-year old tree.

Copan Ruins
"Yes..yes. I see. Very interesting."