Copan Ruins

the bird man of Copan

street scene in Copan Ruinas with mototaxi

Our work was done so now we're having a little fun.  Immediately after church on Sunday in Delicias we left the San Pedro Sula area and headed north to visit the Mayan ruins at Copan.  We had rooms for two nights in the colonial town of Copan Ruinas and tickets to the archeological site on Monday.  We took the advice a to get an early start before the heat of the day became extreme, but we were wilting by 11a.m.. Our next stop was lunch and a tour of a very nice Bird Sanctuary and Avian Rehabilitation Center.  A few of us got very personal with the Macaws and as a result left with (well-deserved) torn shirts and mutilated caps.

Probably the most enjoyable part of the day was the strong thunderstorm that came through Copan in the evening.  Streets were flooded and electricity was out throughout the town.  Even some of the ground floor rooms in our hotel had water running across the floors.  The best part was that the temperature immediately dropped about 10 degrees.                                                                                             D