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- Lempira (HNL)
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Copan Slideshow
Copan
Travel Blogs from Copan, Honduras
Ex rocker turned tourist guide
... beer, sitting out on the balcony we chatted for quite a while, he was interested to know what I thought about nearing everything, from Honduras, to philosophy to my ideal guy (Hopefully he wasnīt trying to find out if he fitted the bill!!!) most of ...
Chillin in Copan
This is a top pick! Monday morning we had a 4am start as we departed for Copan in Honduras. But before we could even get out the door we were already laughing at Ioannis. Everyone was in the lobby ready to go just before 4am, except for Ioannis. As we knew he'd been out ...
Copan Ruinas
Ok, so on with the speed updating... On the 14th, we took a very early bus to Copan, having absolutely no problems at the border into Honduras. We found a cheap hotel, and then took off to check out the Mayan Ruins at Copan Ruinas. We had a great ...
Copan
We took a early bus direct to Copan, Honduras. It was a breeze getting though the border. Just give them the money and they are happy. The exchange rate is about 1:19. So you feel pretty rich when you take out 10,000 Lempiras from the atm. Copan is a ...
Cigar Taster Needed: Please Send CV
After a few days off travelling we were back on the road and heading towards our last destination in Honduras, Santa Rosa de Copan. Thankfully for once we didn't have to go the whole way back to San Pedro for a fourth meal in its bus station but we did ...
High 5
... the already hectic 3 week Guatemala holiday, the sisters would have to settle for a quick jump over the border to Copan in Honduras. Famous for itīs Mayan ruins, Copan is also a very nice town, similar to Antigua with clean cobbled ...
Quick bulletin from Honduras
... drive to Honduras border. Issues at the border, but eventually resolved. Just after the border we found ourselves at Copan - a big Mayan site, the best in Honduras - which we toured around with a guide (Antonio). It was impressive. We're now in the little ...
Kickin' It in Copan
... compared to South America – no more 15 hour bus rides (hopefully!) We left early yesterday morning for the town of Copan Ruinas in Honduras, a village near the famous Mayan Copan Ruins. The bus to C.R. took about 5 hours and that was with a half ...
Copan Ruinas Honduras
Now in Honduras, a 6 hour bus ride from Antigua Guatemala. Had to leave at 4 in the morning when all the guide books say don't travel by bus on the roads in Guatemala at that time in the morning /over 20 drivers and conductors were murdered in Guatemala ...
Copan
... old or built to look old. We went to the bank and did some shopping, one thing we found surprising is the number of people in Honduras who speak English. We are now parked up at the back of the Texaco garage (N14.50.341 W089.08.860) right next to the ...
guatelama/ hondouras
were in copan now (if memory serves me right haha) we visited some ruins today it was a real strugle to walk there as we werent 100% but were fighters dude and we pushed on pj was fine he liked it there but these ruins wernt as good as palenque i didnt ...
Ruined would be accurate....
... then went on to state, without so much as a hint of irony 'slash and burn agriculture is still widely practised in Honduras'. HELLO???? Went on to El Salvador in the afternoon, where 96% of the country has been cleared, so hopefully the ...
Exploring in Copan Ruinas
... of Wimbledon (pretty early starts Honduran time!). Copan turned out to be a lovely place to finish our time in Honduras. The people were incredibly friendly, always greeting you on the street with a īBuenos Diasī. The town is tiny, with ...
Onwards to Copan Ruinas
... saw it coming towards us... timesaver.. it was a 3 hour ride then to San Pedro Sula which is the 2nd biggest city in Honduras.. its pretty nice and parts of it are very american with malls and business stuff. Anyway it was another taxi across town here ...
yawn
Right now I'm still in Copan Ruinas, in Honduras but very near the Guatemalan border. Today I went to see the big Maya archaeological site here. It was pretty cool! The site itself is not so spectacular in terms of architecture but it has some very ...
Mayan Ruins
... to Copan so we decided to get a late dinner and then meet up in the morning to visit the Mayan ruins. They decided to leave Copan today since there time was limited so we did a whirlwind tour of the ruins. The ruins were nice but not so impressive after ...
On the road again!
... we were getting pretty sleepy from the exciting bus ride. We did meet a nice local man who told us about other great places in Honduras. One of which was a beach town called Tela. After reading up on it I changed my plans and decided to go there for a ...
Hola Honduras ! A Top Weekend in Copan
Crossed the border at El Florido on Friday morning so I am now in Honduras ! Caught a microbus to Copan Ruinas the little colonial town near to the ruins. Found a really nice hostel the Blue Iguana and had a relatively relaxed Friday checking out the ...
Copan Ruinas, Honduras
... be just a pseudo copy of Belize...but of course less good :-) So of I go at 4.30 in the morning to get to Copan in Honduras around lunch time. What a beautiful little village Copan is, and how friendly again the people are here! So I ended up staying ...
Copan Ruinas
... ...and Kendra and I go hungry for a week. I thought of an interesting marketing campaign though...."My Trip got Ruined in Copan!"..eh!?...eh!? Thats right. So our first forray into the "backpacking" segment of our trip has been so far successful. ...
La Ruta Maya
4am shuttle bus to Copan, a small town just across the border in Honduras. An eight hour journey, hindered by an annoying border crossing. Shared bus with a drunken Norweigan bloke that wore no shirt and took photos at customs - deserved to be ...
Copan
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Day 11 - 12 Copan Ruins
Day 11 - We left Antigua around 9am and headed off for Copan in Honduras. Where a 300km journey ended up taking 7 hours, not helped by traffic in Guatemala City. Compared to the busy market border crossing into Guatemala the crossing ...
Last of the Myan Ruins....phew!
For those of you following our blog , you must have had enough Mayan Ruins ... well this is the last, we promise. A site renowned not for size but for the quality of the carvings. See photos if you can bear to!! Best thing I liked was the ...
Copan
... - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop%C3%A1n The local town itself was a bit different to most of the rest of Honduras because it was mainly Evangelical whereas most of the rest of Central America is distinctly Catholic. Just about getting used to the ...
The Last Supper and other events since Sunday
Kendra Well, weīre moving on. Sunday was a fantastic day -- as Aaron mentioned, we got to do the SHARK DIVE which was completely surreal. My mom wrote me an email asking me to please assure her that we were in fact locked in a very secure cage, in a ...
The Paris of the Mayan World
... like Chico's Tacos in El Paso, I took a bus to Copan Ruinas. The bus was fantastic and had amazing air conditioning. Copan Ruinas is a great little town. It's tiny and spreads out just a few block in each direction from the central plaza. The ...
Honduras
And so to the presend day. I am currently writing to you all from a small town on Honduras called Copan Ruinas. This is a really nice little town and its right beside the most southerly Mayan Ruins, which we checked out this morning. Amazing stuff, its a ...