Just a Southern Girl

Copan Ruin Us

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July 12th 2006
Alas a proper diary of my adventures in Copan Ruinas need be told. Getting off the cramped bus from the Tamarinda Hostel in San Pedro Sula, we were buttonholed by a gang of porter. Of course the all had the best deals in town. One such man was followed us all the way up the street for 2 blocks then waited outside the coffee house as we got our bearings and decide which way was North. We were in se ... 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