Copan, Honduras Travel Blogs

18 Rabbit Wuz Here
Mar 28, 2006 (5 photos)

... left Tela headed for the north-coast beach town of Omoa. Our miserable Lonely Planet guide described Roli´s place as "the best hostel in Honduras", and like the fools we are, we fell for it and three busses later (one air-conditioned!) we made it there. ...

Copious fun in Copan
Dec 10, 2006 (5 photos)

We spent most of the day traveling from Quirigua to Copan Ruinas in Honduras. Crossing the border, we were a bit wary when the Honduran official would not stamp our entry into the country, saying that new agreements as of this July allowed people traveling ...

Eighteen Rabbit.
Nov 9, 2004 (10 photos)

... a Gado Gado. I know, it's a pretty typical Indonesian dish and I'm located in the beautiful cobblestoned village of Copán, Honduras, set in a serene landscape surrounded with green rolling hills. I couldn't resist, I was craving Asian food. My absolute ...

Copan Ruinas and La Ceiba
Mar 1, 2004 (3 photos)

We had ANOTHER early start in order to make our way to Copan Ruinas, just over the Guatemalan border, in Honduras. Fighting the urge to return to sleep, we rose at 5.30 am and quickly packed up and checked out of the hotel. Waking up a hotel employee to ...

Mayan Ruins
Jun 16, 2004 (8 photos)

I stopped in Copan Ruinas to check out the famous ruins here. These are some of the best preserved and the most studied ruins in the Mayan world and are not to be missed. The small tourist town here is pretty nice and a cool place to meet other travelers ...

Hippies with cell phones
Jan 24, 2006 (3 photos)

... Southern Guatemala and reaching its fascinating and impressive end in the central Yucatán Peninsula. I started at the ruins of Copán, Honduras, where some of the more detailed ruins of the Mayan empire lie. Intricate carvings and well-preserved hieroglyphs ...

Copan is cool too!
Oct 4, 2007 (34 photos)

... half a big black beard.  I looked ridiculous.  We didn't leave the room again that night.   *** The border crossing into Honduras was pretty easy.  There were four windows.  Enter Honduras, Leave Honduras, Enter Guatemala, Leave Guatemala.  It cost us a dollar ...

Civilizations: Ancient and Modern
Jan 24, 2007 (16 photos)

... Mayan ruins could come anywhere close to matching the majestic grandeur of Tikal, we were at first somewhat reluctant to visit the Copán Ruins in Honduras. We're so glad that we changed our minds! For six hours we meandered throughout the 24 sq km area, ...

Stelae and cowboys
Sep 30, 2007 (5 photos)

... days off our trip. Not wanting to be rash and shorten our lovely holiday, we continued onward to Copan Ruinas, Honduras, known for the Mayan ruins. Copan Ruinas is a quaint town settled on a mountainside overlooking the Copan Valley. ...

We have de-railed..............
Oct 5, 2003

... . Sad to say goodbye, but we know we have to leave now or take the risk of getting stuck forever. Now, we are in Copan and just finished visiting the ruins and doing a bit of shopping. And, in about two hours, a little local boy is bringing two horses ...

Here to see Copan - UNESCO Heritage site!!
Jun 13, 2007 (10 photos)

... and coffee just outside of Chiquimula and then made the journey speedily to the border. We paid our border fees and into Honduras we went, the town of Copan Ruinas was only 10 minutes or so from the border and we were in town, in a room by 11am. That ...

Visiting Copan Ruinas in Honduras
Aug 27, 2004 (4 photos)

... a significant role in the overall effort to break the Maya code. After having survived the trip from Antigua, Guatemala to Honduras without being robbed and assaulted by armed men (which just happened two days before my departure from Guatemala to two ...

Honduras
Oct 24, 2003 (2 photos)

... guards posted outside who are very friendly but I am not sure if they make me feel safe or unsettled. So into Honduras we go on the 24th of October to Copan. We spend two days here, just on the other side of the border, with the purpose of seeing some ...

Breaking into Copan Ruins!
Jun 15, 2007 (19 photos)

... does not really have alot to see unlike its neighbors Gautamala and Nicaragua.  There are basically two main sites in Honduras...... The Copan ruins and the Bay Islands....  Since the ruins are basically on the way to the Bay Islands, Tim, Sarah ...

Hey its england! (and Cold)
Nov 21, 2006

... piled onto a minibus and made our merry way to Honduras. No problems except at the border, where the woman from the Honduras border refused to stamp our passports, saying it wasnt necessary. We werent convinced...but she wasnt having any of it. We still ...

Departure
Dec 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... ;  Mary Anne´s guest house was more than we could have imagined, but I wondered if our next bed in Honduras would be a harsh awakening. I still remember the state of my back after continuous nights on very hard and lumpy mattresses.  & ...

On to Honduras
May 1, 2006 (3 photos)

... delicious. I finally felt some rain in Antigua, which I actually quite enjoyed. We have now moved onto Honduras, which is a gorgeous country. We stopped at Copan for a night, which was just the right amount of time to see the Mayan ruins there and the ...

Copan Ruins
Aug 17, 2005 (7 photos)

Almost everyone told me that Copan is a disappointment after seeing Tikal. And in some ways they're right. Copan isn't hidden away in the forest, and there are no monkeys or crazy birds. And I would say it would be literally impossible to get lost in ...

Mayan Ruins and Early Morning Buses
Dec 23, 2007 (9 photos)

It was our aim to be in Utila, an island off the north coast of Honduras, by Christmas. Our first stop on the way was Copan, the site of some ancient Mayan ruins just over the border in Honduras. Our bus departed Antigua at the painful time of 4am. ...

Bus adventures,Maya ruins and a leftover hurricane
Sep 5, 2007 (18 photos)

... the city suffered from famine and disease. The guide was very knowlegable, and pointed out to us the special features of Copan, including the hieroglyphic staircase, a series of steps made up of 3000 glyphs telling the entire story of the place and its ...

Honduras
Dec 28, 2006

... .. Im on a busy main road with lots of big buildings and electric lights? turns out this is actually La Entrada stil 60 clicks from Copan! Still Ive done well for a days travel, Im tired, its late so I fork out 20 bucks for a hotel (apparently there arent ...

Day in transportation
Nov 19, 2008

So after a chicken bus, med bus tuk tuk taxi luxiory bus and then anothet chicken bus i have arrived! Thing is in central america there are no directs lots of times thus u end up going in a big circle rather then direct. Anyways just to say how nice ...

Copan ruinas
Aug 11, 2007

... Na een hele dag in een bus te zitten, waren we blij vandaag onze benen te kunnen strekken aan de mooie ruines van Copan. Een hele voormiddag lang hebben we de Maya cultuur opgesnoven. Verzadigd van archeologie trokken we in de namiddag naar het Macaw ...

Horseback riding in the Mountains
Jan 5, 2009 (4 photos)

Zdravim vas opet z Hondurasu tento den jsme se rozhodli s Mareike, ze vyrazime na projizdku na koni. Radeji jsem vybral renomovanou spolecnost, abych nedopadl jako v Jizni Americe, kdy me konik shodil se sedla. Tentokrat to bylo paradi. S konem jsem ...

Cobblestone Streets, Coffee, and Cameras on Horses
Apr 29, 2006

... not let time be too much of a burden...but it can´t help put peep through the slots of my mind from time to time. I am in Honduras and it has been really great to actually be in the same place for 4 or 5 days...I haven´t had that in awhile. It is also ...

We're back!! And it's time for Mayan Ruins!
Aug 21, 2008 (19 photos)

... going back there one day so it is with that mindset I am leaving beautiful Roatan.   So today our final destination is Copan, Honduras and it is the beginning of our "ruin tour" of Central America. This is supposedly a quaint little town almost on ...

Like Seeing an Old Friend
May 1, 2000

... of some of the more fickle delegates I had. My favorite trip to the ruins, though, was when my parents and sister came to visit me in Honduras. The funniest part came when my dad's horse gave up on the gringo. Until then I had never seen a horse kneel.

More Mayan ruins...but with exquisite carving
Mar 1, 2007 (2 photos)

Nat flew home on Tuesday morning, a week later than scheduled, and I made my way to Copan Ruinas in Honduras yesterday morning, a small charming town with steep cobbled streets in Honduras' western highlands. I spent the day Thursday touring the Mayan ...

Copan
Jan 10, 2005 (10 photos)

Copan

Copan, Honduras
Jun 25, 2006

... to them quite alot on the first night, but the rum made me forget that they were also heading to Honduras. So that afternoon the 3 of us went to the Copan ruins, a set of Mayan temples, carvings, playing fields and statues. Now I would be lying if I ...