"Copan Ruins"

"16/06/2010"

Another very early start as we boarded our bus (it makes megabus look very bad!) at 5.15am bound for the Copan Ruins. The route was beautiful with (what we thought were volcanoes) mountains, and cloud forests decorating the skyline. Passport control at the Honduran border proved interesting, but a Spanish traveler was very helpful in translation. Within minutes we arrived in Copan. Having checked into our $5 per night hostel (it was really nice considering how cheap it was). We headed off to see the Copan Ruins. The day was insanely hot, but the Ruins were really rewarding, making Stonehenge look very inferior. The Mayans were so clever, my tan definitely started today! hehehehe




We decided to make friends with David Attenborough and do the 30 minute nature trail only 10 minutes in we thought we heard rain and pegged it back. It hadn't started yet, but the sky became very dark. On returning back to the hostel, we discovered that we'd BOTH left our waterproofs on the bus :( and it had just started to pelt it down. It rains like this about 4pm EVERY DAY and then the heat evaporates in the morning gathering as clouds only to come down again in the next day. Eventually, the rain relaxed and we were able to head out to a restaurant "Via Via" for food. A lovely day.