Hotel Yaragua Copan

So a lot has happened in the last month, but, of course, I can't remember it all. I&#8217;ll start with the highlights&#8230;<br><br>HONDURAS IS GOING TO THE WORLD CUP! The clinching-game unfolded as if it were written like a made-for-tv Hallmark movie. Well, there were two games really. Being played simultaneously. Yes, very intense. In order for Honduras to advance to the World Cup they had to win their game against El Salvador AND the U.S. had to tie or win their game ...

... at the site, they are the most intact and some were simply stunning. The buildings as the site werent much to write home about, apart from this Grand Staircase which is carved and covered in a giant tarp to stop weathering.<br>After the ruins I smashed some lunch quickly, booked a horse riding trip and walked around the town to take some photos.<br>The horse riding tour was pretty good, but I ended up with huge blisters. Dont ride a horse wearing thongs! These ...

... farm. Then there was some strange veggie that tasted like cabbage and roasted potatoes and beef with homemade corn tortillas. Then, they brought us cups of coffee that was grown right there on the farm. It was absolutely delicious. Even the milk we put in the coffee was from the cows that they raised. For dessert, we had fried bananas in a honey, cinnmon, cardomom sauce....heaven.<br><br>After dinner we headed over to the processing plant to see ...

... tour, we drove to the ruins of Quirigua, which lie in the middle of a banana plantation. This site is known for it´s massive stelae that show the city´s history. We also saw some of the giant thrones that we had talked about in class. One was shaped like a giant toad, complete with warts, and the other shows a ruler emerging from the mouth of a giant monster - a symbolic representation of the myth in which the ruler brings corn from the ...

English below<br><br>Oh la la... J'ai tant de choses a vous raconter que je ne sais pas par quoi commencer... Allez, je me lance !<br><br> Calendrier:<br> Comme je vous le disais dans mon papier précédent, apres plusieurs semaines sédentaires passées:<br><br> - a apprendre l'espagnol à Xela<br><br> - a travailler comme volontaire a Antigua,<br><br> je me trouve pour 4 jours (15-18 mai) au Honduras, dans la petite ville de Copan où se trouve l'un des plus beaux ...

... one of the Bay Islands 20km off the coast, we were met by group of masked nurses/doctors which kind of brought into perspective. And, NO, I (Rahul) did not tell them that i had 5 out of the 6 symptoms of swine..solely becasue ben said "**** off, i want to get to utila and dive!". <br><br><br><br>And thats honduras in third person which i dont think Ben and Rahul will do again. As for photos, we will upload a few...promise.

... were trying to get to the beach than going to the interior. When we arrived in Copan Ruinas, we found a hotel for $5 per person. Cheap, clean enough and a private bath with hot shower. All we really needed. We walked around a bit and figured out how to now get from here to Guatemala City the next day as well as see the Mayan ruins here. We people watched for a while then went to bed. Travelling on a hot bus for 5 hours really drains you.

... I´m not kidding either, read his book "From the Inside")<br> <br> So, why did I get mixed up with these freaks? To score nookie of course. <br> <br> My Honduran Spanish teacher, Gabriela, is petite, cute, fit and very religious. In an attempt to impress her, I accepted her invitation to accompany her to church on Tuesday evening (not a typo, I said Tuesday evening. She goes basically every night.) <br> <br> So I went to church ...

... offices and other things in completely the wrong side of towns so many times now. So we walked to another, El Castillo, which had an ensuite bathroom, hot water and cable TV for the same price. Sweet. It got so cold at night there we had to sleep in our clothes as you only get a sheet and maybe a thin blanket in most Central American hotels, even at altidude like this. We walked down the big hill to a coffee processing plant which makes all the coffee you ...

... coffee and tomato plantations so therapeutic, though I did have a numb **** after 2 hours.<br><br>Later my fellow stooges and I headed for the bar; covered in fairy light and the most appetizing cocktail menu we got straight on it, of course we ordered tons of tortillas and home made grub.<br><br>The place was fantastic and I will definitely go back again...tbc...<br>