Scarlet Macaw

The Bird Park and Copan´s Colonial...Castle?

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July 6th 2005
Last Friday, on my way to my last class at the Copan Spanish School, I stopped by the "castle." It is this decrepid old building that kinda looks like a castle. Apparently it is the only piece of architecture that is considered colonial. But it is falling apart and not taken care of at all. Its pretty nasty. I wonder if there are some squatters living there... Last Sunday I ventured up to ... 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