Mayan ruins!

30.10.2014

Couldn't help it, but I woke up at 5 a.m. and headed out to Copan Ruins. I had to tiptoe around the teenager I was sharing a room with. I left half my stuff in La Entrada, it was great to have a light pack.

I wandered around the famous Mayan ruins feeling like Lara Croft for a minute when I was in the crazy tunnels under the structures. Some temples had been buried fully constructed because… I'm not sure why.

The coolest thing about the ruins though, was that there were a bunch of brightly coloured macaws flying around and squawking the whole time. That was actually my favourite part. Not all the old rocks.

After I was soaked through, I went to the museum to see the actual real pieces that aren't stored outside. It was kind of cool, but they looked the same as the replicas outside.

I went for lunch at a BBQ place, where an Irish guy was sitting alone. I asked him to eat with me and he explained his lightning fast trip to Cuba to me. I was tempted to go along until he mentioned the "tourist shuttle" he was taking, which is fast but filled only with foreigners and really expensive. Oh well. Byebye Mike! Nice to meet you!

Hieroglyphic staircase