Well, my visit to Copan today with my girlfriend started with a proposition by an English speaking guide to join a preexisting group of people for a tour. This took place right outside the admission center for tickets. Within five minutes though, the terms of the agreement had changed leaving half the group angry about the bait-and-switch. In the end, we all went with the guide, but I mention it only because I am finding the Honduran tourist scene to be a bit more aggressive than the Guatemalan tourist scene. It seems as though the Guatemalans are more passive in their dealing with tourists and are more likely to concede a few quetzals or back down in an argument over prices, agreements, etc. My guide (and a woman who ran an Internet place here in town
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