Copan has incredibly well-preserved original Mayan art…

 

 

 

 

 

 

A gumbo limbo tree, also nicknamed “burnt gringo”

 

 

 

 

Views of the plains from the top of the Acropolis…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approaching the area known as the Ball Park, from above…

 

 

 

 

Nice face!

 

 

 

In the meantime… the rest of our class is paying attention to Saul

 

 

Giving legs a little break on the way down to the Ball Park

 

 

Eric and Gayle in front of the Grand Stairway, which is covered and not fully excavated as no good preservation strategy has been put in place yet.

 

Love this picture of Vicki and Gayle!

 

Saul and the girls, of course.

 

The Mayans had a ball game and that was what their ball park looked like

Could the Mayan ball game have been a predecessor of quidditch? J

 

Saul telling our group all about the Ball Park and the Mayan ball game

 

Leaving the Copan Ruins ground through the Ball Park Area

 

More Macaws on the way out