Lago de Yojoa a Copan Ruinas
Our opinion of Honduras is much improved after staying in Lago de Yojoa! Even mine, despite being randomly stung by a wasp and finding a giant mutant grasshopper locust thing latched onto my back.
We wrapped up our 3-night stay in Lago de Yojoa at a very relaxed pace. We happily spotted more wildlife near our cabin...three baby thrushes and a wee mammal that looks like a possum-weasel hybrid. We also got to chat with some fellow travellers who have come from places we have yet to visit, so it was great to get some recommendations.
The morning we were to leave we first had to get to the nearest village (Pena Blanca) for some cash. We tried to do this on a Sunday, only to find that the ATMs there are closed nearly all weekend. No matter, we got our cash, paid our B&B bill, and then set off. We got a 3-hour bus back to San Pedro Sula and then waited a couple hours for a 3-hour bus to Copan Ruinas.
Copan Ruinas is a lovely place. It has cobbled streets and a lovely square and just feels relaxed and genial. The people are very friendly and are used to lots of tourists. Luckily we're here in the low season, but we still see other tourists wandering around.
We came here to see the Copan Mayan ruins, and we were happy to see them this morning (nice and early before the heat and tour buses arrived). Upon entering the grounds, we were greeted by the raucous squawks of big, gorgeous rainbow-coloured parrots. That was a great start! The ruins are in a beautiful location, surrounded by forests and rolling hills. The specialty for these ruins are the amazingly carved stelae, and they are worth the visit. We just wandered around and read what our guide book has to say about the site.
This probably concludes our Mayan site visits. We'll now be heading south of the classical Mayan territory, but also we've already seen several Mayan sites (old and current). Our next stop is Santa Rosa Copan, from where we hope to tour local Lencan villages. The Lencas were (and still are) indigenous people here in Honduras, so we're hoping to see some contrasts between Lencan villages and the Mayan villages we visited in Mexico.
We wrapped up our 3-night stay in Lago de Yojoa at a very relaxed pace. We happily spotted more wildlife near our cabin...three baby thrushes and a wee mammal that looks like a possum-weasel hybrid. We also got to chat with some fellow travellers who have come from places we have yet to visit, so it was great to get some recommendations.
The morning we were to leave we first had to get to the nearest village (Pena Blanca) for some cash. We tried to do this on a Sunday, only to find that the ATMs there are closed nearly all weekend. No matter, we got our cash, paid our B&B bill, and then set off. We got a 3-hour bus back to San Pedro Sula and then waited a couple hours for a 3-hour bus to Copan Ruinas.
Copan Ruinas is a lovely place. It has cobbled streets and a lovely square and just feels relaxed and genial. The people are very friendly and are used to lots of tourists. Luckily we're here in the low season, but we still see other tourists wandering around.
We came here to see the Copan Mayan ruins, and we were happy to see them this morning (nice and early before the heat and tour buses arrived). Upon entering the grounds, we were greeted by the raucous squawks of big, gorgeous rainbow-coloured parrots. That was a great start! The ruins are in a beautiful location, surrounded by forests and rolling hills. The specialty for these ruins are the amazingly carved stelae, and they are worth the visit. We just wandered around and read what our guide book has to say about the site.
This probably concludes our Mayan site visits. We'll now be heading south of the classical Mayan territory, but also we've already seen several Mayan sites (old and current). Our next stop is Santa Rosa Copan, from where we hope to tour local Lencan villages. The Lencas were (and still are) indigenous people here in Honduras, so we're hoping to see some contrasts between Lencan villages and the Mayan villages we visited in Mexico.
posted by Trace at
2:09 pm
2 Comments:
I do believe that the Lencans had fewer champions than the Incans.......in particular the peoples' champion and just champion champions.
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Anonymous, At
3:47 pm
Oh I want to go and see these things too! Apart from the mutant locusts, urrgh. :-(
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Lib, At
2:34 am
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