Parrots at entrance to Copan ruins

Travels in Honduras (Copan)

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January 8th 2009
We boarded a Hedman Alas bus at 5:00am for the five hour trip to Copan. These buses are luxury buses with different classes of service on board. Executive Class Plus is the most expensive class and has the most comfortable seats. They are more comfortable than those on a train or plane, including first class. They recline almost horizontal so that it is very easy to catch up on the sleep that one ... 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