Copan Rocks!

We arrived in Copan Honduras late on Wednesday night, after a long travel day. One short shuttle ride, one boat (1.5 hrs), taxi to the bus depot and one bus (around 7 or 8 hrs).

Driving in Honduras provided us with amazing scenery. Very hilly and green.

We had several stops along the way...some for 10 or 20 minutes long.

We also had two unscheduled stops. One was an oil spill on the road, causing a major standstill. Luckily it was only one hour for us...in the very hot hot weather.....standing on the highway (bus is not airconditioned).

This reminded me of the time I went to the Grand Canyon on a bus tour from Las Vegas. The bus broke down on the highway. It was 120 degrees in the sun and the dry heat was awful. Memories.

The other unscheduled stop was when we got a flat tire. Yup...... on a big bus. The driver was well prepared for this, as he had greasy clothes to change into while changing the tire.

Only in Honduras!

Our Hotel "Las Brias" was very nice and clean. It also had a TV...but we had no time to watch it, as off to dinner we went.

Viavia was the restaurant/bar....great food!

Copan is very similar to Antigua....just smaller and a bit more hillier.

The next day, I headed off to see the Copan Ruins:

Copan, considered by many one of the most spectacular city's of the ancient Mayas civilization, is situated in the southwestern part of the Mayas region. It flourished during the 7th century of our era and is representative today of what Athens, to the old world; the cradle of its civilization. Because of this and other reason, UNESCO declared it a world heritage site in 1980.

Later in the morning, a few of us went to visit the local orphanage to visit the kids and drop off supplies and money.

Casa Hogar Angelitos Felices Copan............Director: Delsy Cueva Pineda.

The kids sang us a song...........and then I had the group of us sing the kids a song (Herbie, Steven, Michelle, Wayne, Katrina, Tracy and me).

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" there Here a "moo" there a "moo" ...

The only song we all knew the words for!