"Hola!"

"05/07/2010"

So, we ended up staying an extra night in Copan as we couldn't depart for Antigua until the 6th. At least Viavia had become available again, which meant cool rooms and a double bed. Yay :)

We visited a bird sanctuary today; "Macaw Mountain". In order to get there we had to take one of the three wheel taxi things that go at like 2mph!
Over the Copan cobbled stones and up the steep sloping hills; it's a wonder how these "taxis" manage to get around.

Macaw Mountain was full of parrots of all kinds, from all over Latin America. Even from the visitor's Centre we were greeted (In Spanish) by a friendly parrot! The sanctuary is lovely with lots of space for the birds to fly around freely and native plants from their homeland. Some of the cages you are able to walk through, like that of the Scarlett Macaws.
The birds are such a wonderful array of colours, for example the Toucan with its rainbow beak. Also the parrots that were able to chat kept us entertained for quite some time!!!

The centre rescues many birds from awful circumsatnces and nurses them back to health. Some birds were learning how to fly again and in others you witnessed damaged and missing wings. The centre is a wonderful project for these spectacular birds.

http://www.macawmountain.com/