Archive for September, 2008
After getting rained out at the Copan Ruins we decided to find a hotel in the local town and get to the ruins the following day. We headed into town and found a very nice Honduran National Policeman that directed us to the Hotel Marina Copan.
Finally made it to the ‘Mother of all Mayan Ruins’ – Copan. After we left the Parque Arqueologico El Puente, it was only about another an hour and half to the Copan Ruins. We had timed it perfectly. Just as we were entering the parking lot the skies opened up and the afternoon rains commenced. I made a dash to the gift shop and to check out the restaurant while Isabel and Rico stayed in the truck. After about an hour it started to slow down enough for them to get out of the vehicle but we decided that even if we were lucky enough to not have any more rain, it was too late to do the site justice.
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After a good night’s sleep and great breakfast in Santa Rosa de Copan, we headed off to see some Mayan Ruins. The first stop was about 2 hours away at a small site called Parque Arqueologico El Puente.
After recharging our batteries at the Marriott Hotel in Tegucigalpa for the night we decided to head for the northwest corner of Honduras and visit some Mayan ruins. Only about 150 miles away so we should be there in plenty of time to see the ruins for the afternoon and hopefully get into Guatemala before nightfall.
After our journey to Nicaragua, we decided that rather than returning by the same route we had taken to go to Nicaragua, we would venture into Honduras for a few days (that turned out to be seven days but that is another blog entry).
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