http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Honduras , West , Copan Ruinas en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:24:51 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:24:51 UTC After my 2 week stay in Copan de Ruinas I decided to have a little R R. I picked the little colonial town of Gracias which is located in the department or state of Limpira. Gracias was founded in about 1536 by Capt. Juan de Chavez a Spanish conquistiador. Apparently he had been looking for a long time for a flat enough place to build a city. When he came upon this place he supposedly said G http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-46472.html I hope this blog gets through as the previous one that i posted did not make it to the site. After three weeks of spanish language school my head was about to explode.nbsp So i decided to take a little break from schoolnbspand check out the beach.nbsp My original plan was to spend two weeks travelling up and down the caribbean coast of honduras.nbsp My first stop which turned out to be http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-795.html On my continuous walks in and around Copan there have been very few surprises.nbsp Yet I came upon one monday in a place that is called a recreation area for locals and tourists.nbsp While Copan itself is very nice this few acres on the outskirts of town is magnificent.nbsp It is called the Camina Mayanbsp and it is a combination bar restaurant discoteque is this the only place le http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-629.html Well I think the rainy season is upon us here in Honduras.nbsp I didn't rain the first four days I was here which is unusual for this time of year according to the locals.nbsp But yesterday it rained nearly all day.nbsp Not just your runofthemill rain....a serious floater.nbsp But it was nice considering how hot it has been this week.nbspnbspThe town has a suprisingly good drainag http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-613.html hola mi amigosnbsp Just arrived in Honduras for my Spanish immersion school.nbsp Flew into San Pedro Sula airport which is much smaller than Houston Intercontinental that I left from.nbsp Only one terminal and two or three places for planes to load and unload.nbsp Was on the plane with a college baseball team from Indiana that will be touring Honduras playing in different towns.nbsp http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-599.html I have already bought my ticket and am beginning some of the preparation for my trip.nbsp It's better to buy stuff you want to take a little at a time instead of all at once.nbsp It costs the same but it just SEEMS LIKE you are spending less money.nbsp I've been staying in contact with the spanish language school Ixbalanque and they have been extremely helpful in answering all of my questi http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-409.html 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 baitandswitch. In the end we all went with the guide but I mention i http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-252.html From Antigua the next stop down on the backpacker trail into Honduras is Copan Ruinas. Copan Ruinas is a small town situated a kilometre from ancient Mayan Ruins. I travelled down to Copan with Ripan a friend I had made in Antigua. The journey involved a chicken bus from Antigua to Guatemala City at 6.20am followed by a brief confused spell in Guatemala city where we tried to work out which one http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/West/Copan-Ruinas/blog-58.html