Blogs from Copán Ruinas, Western, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 23

Manoli decided she wanted to try the Copan Canopy Tour (zip lines), so before we left for the ruins, we paid our $35.00 fees. Lisa arranged for a guide to the Copan ruins. We all left the hotel and walked to the ruins, about 15 mins away. Copan ruins were very impressive, especially the stellae or statue columns and the hieroglyphic (sp) stairway. We spent about 3 hours wandering thru the various parts. The buildings are not nearly as impressive as I think the others we'll see later, but the details on the stellae and the extra information provided by our ruins guide made it very worthwhile. When we first entered, we were surprised by several macaws flying around and a couple of rodent-like creatures called agupes I think, just wandering around. At the ticket ... read more

Copan RuinasRobertsonWe got to Copan Ruinas which is the name of the little village right next to the ruins. There is a town called Copan that's a little bit away that was a bit confusing since that's not where you stay if you want to see the ruins. The village is small and beautiful. The book says it has cobbled streets but it's not what you think of cobbled. It's more like streets made out of random stones here and there. Pretty uneven but cobbled, I guess. You can walk anywhere you want but there are some things that you want to take a little taxi to since it's at the top of a huge hill or side of a mountain like the bird santuary that we went to. The little taxis in this area are ... read more

Last day in Copan Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Copan By amy aaronApril 26th 2007 This morning we went to the bird park in Copan. It is a sanctuary for tropical birds native to Central America. Most are donated by people who owned the birds as pets. Parrots and macaws can live 80-100 years, so some of their birds are pets who out-lived their owners. Others are injured birds that they're helping to get back to good health before releasing them. We got an up-close look at lots of macaws, toucans and parrots. In the afternoon we were supposed to take the bus back to San Pedro Sula in preparation for our flight tomorrow, but we couldn't ... read more

Copan Ruinas Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Copan By amy aaronApril 23rd 2007 After a delicious breakfast at the Jungle Lodge, we headed to the bus station in La Ceiba. We spent most of the day traveling from there to Copan Ruinas via Sand Pedro Sula (about a 6 hour trip, with 1 hour in SPS along the way). Hedman-Alas (the bus company) was pretty luxury--assigned seats, checked luggage with automatic transfer, a movie and refreshments served along the way (you get a juice box and cookies). Better than some airlines. Security was also tight. We were completely searched and photographed before getting on the bus. Copan Ruinas is a quain... read more

Herätys Copan Ruinasissa alkoi sillä, että kyseltiin paikan omistajalta pääsyä toimivaan vessaan, koska meidän vessa hajosi yöllä. Yöllä mentiin alakertaan, mutta koska siellä ei ollut ketään suljettiin vessan vesiventtili ja annettiin veden virrata huoneen läpi ja ulko-oven ali ensimmäiseen kerrokseen. Aamulla yritettiin löytää myös apteekki, jotta oltaisiin saatu rohtoja Tomille. Ne kuitenkin olivat kiinni, joten jätettiin se ja aamupalan jälkeen kyseltiin tietä raunioille. Matkaa oli vain reilun kilometrin verran, joten se sopi hyvin käveltäväksi. Meillä oli käteinen tiukoilla, sillä ei haluttu nostaa lisää rahaa poistuessamme maasta vielä saman päivänä. Siksi kyseltiin visa-kortin toimivuutta raunioilla ja hotellipoika vakuutti, että visa kyllä kävisi pääsylippujen ostoon. No eihän se tietenkään siellä sitten käynyt ja jouduttiin kävelemään takaisin kaupunkiin nostamaan rahaa. Yr... read more