Copan Ruins

The ruins at Copan are located about 1km outside the town itself and as we had to walk there, we had an early start to avoid the heat of the day.

As this was our third visit to Mayan ruins on the tour we weren't that enthusiastic about it so it was going to take something good to capture our interest and as we reached the gates it started well. They had a whole family of semi-tame Macaw parrots sitting on the fence and in the surrounding trees that caught our attention.

As we walked around the site our guide Saul gave us the history of the site and told us about all the archeological excavations that are still taking place. He made it as interesting as he could but my attention soon began to flag.

When we stopped to look around one of the structures, Karen noticed an open tunnel and said we should have a look inside. So Karen and I waited until the security guards looked the other way and then made a dive into the tunnel. Unfortunately I got spotted and stopped before I got down the steps but Karen made it quite far down the tunnel before being pulled out by the same guard (the brief exitement brightened up my day).

After Saul had finished showing us around we decide we seen enough ruins and headed back to town.

We spent the some time walking around Copan looking around the street market and shops before enjoy a lazy afternoon.