Blogs from Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Copan Ruinas is probably the second most popular destination for visitors in Honduras primarily because it is the base to see the best Mayan ruins in the country. I knew about the “Macaw Mountain” bird park but wasn’t expecting it to be anything special and it turns out to be just as good as the ruins. To have both of these in the same very scenic and visitor friendly (plenty of good hotels and restaurants) town make this a great place to stay for a couple of days. Macaws, the largest members of the parrot family, are native to this part of Central America and were considered sacred by the Mayans, so there is a link between these two quite different attractions, though this might not have been intentional as the move of the bird park ... read more

On Tuesday morning, 3rd of April, I took a very early bus to Copán in Honduras. We left at 4AM to avoid heavy traffic in Antigua, Guatemala City and the border. Fortunately, our shuttle was rather empty, just 6 people, and so we all had space enough to stretch and sleep some more. The night before, at 10PM, Max, Jennifer and Rebecka, the Swedish guys from our hike to Acatenango, had decided to join me on my trip to Copán and I had managed to get the number of the shuttle company from the night watch in my hostel and they had managed to reserve a free spot in the shuttle for the next morning. The bus ride was a bit longer than expected, but that was because the others in the shuttle ordered on our ... read more

Aeropuerto Internacional Toncontin. Comienza el viaje. Con el entusiasmo que caracteriza cuando uno comienza una aventura. El viaje de ida es largo, comienzo saliendo de Toncontin a las 7 am rumbo a San Pedro Sula, de ahí a medio día a Houston, luego a Frankfurt y de ahí a Florencia. Se que valdrá la pena. Estoy madrugado pero emocionado.... read more

29.5. Die Fahrt nach Antigua bringt uns wiederum 1000 Höhenmeter runter, es wird angenehm warm (bisher brauchte man jeweils abends ein Jäggli, hier ist das nicht mehr nötig). Wir kaufen ein PicNic im Supermarkt und essen Zmittag im Zentralpark, einmal mehr umgeben von schönen Kolonialbauten mit Laubenbogen und bunten Fassaden. Auch die Häuser in den Strassen sind bunt gestrichen, nicht höher als zwei Stockwerke, mit schönen Erkern und kunstvollen Vergitterungen und ergeben so ein gemütliches Ambiente. Wir spazieren den ganzen Nachmittag herum, bestaunen die vielen Kirchen-Ruinen, die alle gesichert und abgesperrt wurden, aber offenbar nicht dem Abriss geweiht sind, und die multikulturellen Läden, Boutiquen und Restaurants. Wir können der Versuchung nicht widerstehen und essen Znacht "chez Christophe", einem Lausanner, der seit 20 Jahren hier lebt und auf seiner Karte u.a. auch Racl... read more

First stop in Honduras was Copan Ruinas. I arrived in the evening at a pretty B&B just outside the centre to stay in a room called Luna (the moon) which had a lovely terrace to view the night sky. Not many street lights so I could see all the stars! I went to a local restaurant and luckily they managed to make me some dinner before the electricity cut out. It was quite windy so I ate my dinner using the torch light of my mobile rather than by candelight but it worked! Apparently they were doing some work on cables in the town so the electricity cut a few times whilst I was there. I had more great views from the B&B in the daytime as they have a lovely garden and the terrace overlooks ... read more