Hola Hola,
Arrived Thurs. morning in San Pedro Sula, Honduras then took a bus to Copan, city of ancient Mayan ruins (see photos). I met a Canadian woman named Mel and we shared a tour of the ruins. We were amazed and impressed by it all: the history of the Mayas, routes, culture, architecture, engineering, irrigation, etc. The animal and human sacrifice signifigance was clarified and put in perspective with the Mayan beliefs regarding life and death. Because various groups are involved in excavation projects at the site, there are tunnels from which other levels ands histories are contained. The lights in the tunnel were out during our tour so I really didn´t take any photos as they would have been disappointing. The one thing that did impress me was the latrine was a work of art and insight. It was set up so that you could sit while toileting, then lake water washed waste down and out to a river with continuos flow.
On Friday night, the buckets o´rain came with earpiercing thunder and blinding lightening. Power went out for a while, but I was impressed with how quickly it was restored as well as how much damage and flooding occured in other areas. The cobblestone streets of Copan got a good wash, and all was refreshed in the morning. My breakfast came with a most wonderful cup of coffee. The beans roasted, ground, and brewed on site of my $15 per night room which was clean, comfy, equiped with a fan and cable TV! Breakfast was $3!
On Saturday morning, I decided to skip a horseback riding tour to the coffee plantations and other points of interest due to the previous day´s heavy rain. The last thing I wanted to do was sloosh around muddy moutains on a caballo!
I went out for breakfast and was plesantly surprised to run into Mel who was supposed to have been on her way to Guatemala. She had some technical difficulties and decided to join me on an adventure to El Lago di Yajoa (lake ya-ho-wa). And adventure it has been. Will write more later about that. For now, suffice it to say, I´m sooooo glad to be here and having a wonderful hot, sunny, rainy, humid wonderful time...wish you were here,
besos (kisses),
Lonnie
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