Hotel Graditas Mayas Copan

... 8217;s main attraction, the Mayan Ruins – we walked the mile or so but its just 20 Lempiras ($1) a person in a tuk tuk.. It’s a huge archeological site of the temples and palaces with many of the ruins restored and lots of buried mounds still to be unearthed. We decide to take a guide and Tony (Antonio Rivers), a very knowledgeable local with fantastic English spends two hours showing us round. He explains the different buildings and ...

... later that he only had one testicle. Maybe he was compensating....

So throughout our ride, was saw where the coffee was grown and we picked some of the berries. We also saw where they grew cardomom, a commonly used spice. They also grew cashews, pineapples, star fruit, avocado, mango, potatoes, and many other fruits that I didn´t recognize.

After our tour, we had a FANTASTIC lunch. There was salad and cheese made right there on ...

... kosten 20 Quetzal per twee personen), daarna naar loket 1 voor toegang tot Honduras....nog een extra lijstje invullen met je naam en je paspoortnummer en 50 Quetzal betalen. De laatste Quetzals kon je gelijk bij "een mannetje" omruilen voor Lempidas.....de koers was redelijk! Hola Honduras!!!!
De eerste indrukken zijn goed! Het is een mooie groene omgeving...en Copan is een leuk stadje. Op naar nieuwe avonturen!!

We got up this morning and had a nice breakfast at Hidden River Hotel. She made us American style pancakes with jam & syrup. When I was stuffed to the brim she brought out huge bowls of fresh fruit salad to top us off. Mmm...

Surprisingly, everyone was feeling pretty good this morning! I think there were a few stiff legs in the mix but overall we were ready for ...

... et en utilisant l'activite physique et ca marche ! C'est assez plaisant, je dois dire, de les entendre crier "red" de qu'on leur montre une carte rouge ou de rire avec eux lorsque Petra ou moi leur ordonnons à toute vitesse "Everybody jump", Everybody walk", "Everybody crawl" , "Sit down", "Stand up" (=Sautez, marchez, rampez, assis) pour tester leur comprehension des verbes de mouvement!

Ce n'a pas été tous les jours facile mais dans l'ensemble, c'a ete une ...

... by candlelight, out of necessity. On the subject of rainy season, it seems to have hit full force in Central America. The pattern seems to be sunny in the morning, with clouds coming in in the afternoon, rain hitting about 3 often with thunder and lightning. It seems to rain off and on through the night and when it rains, it dumps, no gentle sprinkles. So Vince has had the wonderful experience of getting caught on his bike in a few rain showers. He and I took the ...

Final Day on the Build - the hottest day of the build at 109, with sunny conditions. Photos attached show the local hostel which houses 42 children from the mountain area surrounding Zacapa. These children would not normally be able to attend school due to the distance and the travel hazards such as traffic and distance. The hostel program is funded 100% by the local ...

Day Two of the Thrivent Build: Weather - high of 105, sunny, breezy, humidity 67%, heat index 125, are you feeling sorry for us yet? Don't feel sorry for us because we are having the time of our lives building homes for our Guatemalan families. We made very good progress today having a day of experience under our belt, and now we're all well trained on digging dirt, laying block, constructing rebar ...

... scarily vivid images of bizzare situations. In addition to my meeting with Captain Cobain I´ve visited my old primary school...stark naked, been dragged through the Amazon Rainforest tied to the back of a ute and I´ve been a character on the hit 90´s television series "The Wonder Years".

To all you druggies out there, if you´d like a cheap night in and are unable to source any LSD get a crooked doctor friend to write you up a script. I think you´ll find the ...

Christopher Columbus landed in Honduras in 1502 and named the land after the spanish word for debths for the deep waters off the north coast, as well because of the mountainous countryside. The local money is called Limperas after the chief of the Leneca tribe who lead the indiginous people against the Spanish in 1537 and nearly managed to drive the foreiners out. He is seen ...