Hotel Calle Real Copan

Desculpem pela demora. Aqui na cidade internet e bem lenta e demora para as araras, papagaios e outras aves para levarem a menssagem ate a capital (rssss). Ruinas de Copan e uma cidadezinha no meio de um vale. Muito legal. Parece muito com as pequenas cidades de Mnas Gerais. Aqui e o ponto final da Cultura Maya. mas mesmo ...

... Copan. But due to Roddick and Federar playing for so long, I missed the last connection so got stuck in La Entrada overnight, a few hours from Copan. Lonely Planet wrote it up as a drug trafficing hotspot so I was certainly glad to read that as I got off the bus!
One thing I didnt know about, but would soon find out about when four police jumped out of a car and pointed guns at me was that there was a nationwide curfew in Honduras at 9pm until things calmed down ...

... by Congress. The result of all this madness is that this morning, by order of congress and the supreme court, the army arrested the president and sent him packing.

This was all we knew this morning when we decided perhaps it might be a bad idea to leave the hotel. However, our tour guide (who doesnīt have cell phone service here) thinks we are on the tour right now, so we havenīt seen him all day. Iīm not gonna lie, I was rather concerned and thought we should try to get ...

... hieroglyphs...sp?). Itīs different than Tikal. Tikalīs all about the wow-factor, while Copanīs more subtle and more arty, so to say. Quite a place.

Yesterday I got on the bus to Coban. Got here sooner than expected. Off to Semuc Champey tonight. Take care out there.

Jay

PS: Iīve got all my pictures up until Esteli on a flashdrive. Iīll be putting all those up sometime soon. Between trying to pick classes for next year and all, itīs been a bit of a busy time.

... the best idea. I can't remember exactly, but I think it was about 6 miles which can be done in about 3-4 hours. There was one part that they said was steep but the rest should be no problem. That wasn't entirely true!

The steep part was steep but led to some amazing views of Lago de Yajoa, Honduras' only lake. The trail wound up in a cloud forest which offered us really unique plants and lizards that could only be ...

... this daily registration, the center is able to provide statistics, for the whole school as well as individually.And here is what the statistics say: more than 1,300 children are
currently registered and 150 to 180 children come to the center every day.
150 children for 5 adults ... what a dream-like situation, don't you think, dear friends who work with kids ?
And I swear to you: after 5 weeks there, teachers are safe and sound and satisfied with their ...

Hola!! Last night after dinner we were delighfully entertained by local Zacapa dancing and singing followed by some American participation with the dancers. See the photo of the costumes of the Zacapa entertainers. Today, we were visited by an older group of school children who spoke a little more English and we spoke a little more Spanish so we were able to communicate better. After visiting with us, they ...

After a long, hard, hot day's work, as expected, the hotel pool is the most popular place this afternoon. Those not enjoying a refreshing dip in the pool while sipping on a cold beverage recuperated with an afternoon nap. No matter how tired, hot or achy - young or old - we all agree that meeting the families we are here to help, seeing their smiling faces and working ...

... but, we would all met up later that night. I headed off to see the Ruins, which was a nice 1km walk from my Hostel. Arriving at the park I paid my entrance fee and was offered to jump in a group that had a tour guide. Since the group was of 5 people I only had to pay an additional $2.00, not a bad deal! After seeing Tikal in Guatemala I was a little skeptical about ...