Copan ruins

A new trip ... starting in Copán

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March 30th 2008
NOTE: this is the first entry of a new set of entries related to a multi-country trip from March to May of 2008. Honduras My main goal was to visit Roatán, the Hondurean Caribbean island. I knew, though, that just taking a plane from San Salvador to Roatán would be too easy, too little adventurous. So I decided to drive. Actually, my first thought was “not-to-fly”. The plan was t ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Western » Copán Ruinas

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Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a ha... ... read more