Tour El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala - Day 2 (Part 1)

S/V Pacific Mystic
Eric & Valerie Wagoner
Wed 28 Apr 2010 00:00

Day 2:

 

Copan, Honduras

 

After breakfast, we all piled up in tuk-tuks to go to the Mayan Ruins of Copan, a few miles outside town.

 

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Vicki and Rudy in the first tuk-tuk. John getting into the one behind.

 

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View of the second tuk-tuk from the other side of the street. You can see Gayle from this side.

 

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Valerie waiting for another tuk-tuk.

 

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Jorge rode in the front seat of the tuk-tuk, next to the driver.

 

We’ve arrived at the Mayan ruins site…

 

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Gayle

 

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Eric and Valerie

 

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Saul, our Honduran tour guide by day and musician by night, with a great attitude and great sense of humor.

He made our tour of the Copan ruins an unforgettable experience.

 

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Giant Palm Tree on the site

 

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A little lesson before we start…

 

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…and a group picture

 

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A guatusa rabbit, a large rodent indigenous to Central America and South America

 

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A macaw.

They are not indigenous. They were introduced to the Copan ruins grounds. They are semi-domesticated.

 

 

The Copan ruins…

They are truly breathtaking. They were the highlight of the trip for me.

You can learn more about them at: http://www.copanruins.com/

 

Entering the area known as the Acropolis…

 

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Romantic pictures on the ruins… how could we not?

 

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Vicki and Rudy

 

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Valerie and Eric

 

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Gayle and John

 

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Eric

 

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Saul, most likely singing his way through his explanation J