Saturday, Oct 24

Saturday, October 24
We started our trip this morning early as usual; we got on the bus toward Santa Rosa, then caught a bus towards San Pedro Sula which stops in the La Entrada, which is where we needed to get off and catch our last bus to Copan. We waited in La Entrada for a while before the bus actually left so we bought some of the food the people always try to sell to bus passengers. We bought these snacks from this boy, which were amazing and then asked who made them and he was like, ‘Mi mama.’ It was so cute! The bus rides went pretty well, they just tended to get longer and more crowded the closer we got to Copan. Our last bus from La Entrada to Copan was so small and they expected seats made for 1 to fit 2 people. So Sarah and I shared a seat for 2-3 hours, my butt hanging halfway off. And also a note to self, just because the bus is smaller does not mean they will have less people or stop picking up people once all the seats were full. They crowd the aisles, too. So it was another bus experience as always, haha.
We finally got to Copan around noon and then had to find our hostel. It was on the other side of town so we walked over to the Iguana Azul. It was a really nice hostel; there were bunk beds for 6 in each room and the showers and toilets were outside (think state park style). It was only $5 a night too, so for a place to sleep and stuff, it was perfect. They gave a lot of good info about Copan as well: what activities were available, the best places to go and eat and shop; it was very helpful. We relaxed for a little bit after traveling and then got ready to go to Macaw Mountain, a place where they have all these parrots and birds from Honduras. We took a guided tour there and the place is beautiful. The birds are in large cages like at the zoo, but its surrounded by nature, a river and it’s just beautiful. We saw many colorful birds and even got to hold some macaws at the end on our arms! It was amazing and crazy to know they have hundreds of pounds of force in their beaks, too! They also grow coffee there so our last stop was the coffee shop, where we all enjoyed a great cup of some sort of coffee. Funny thing to report, as we were waiting to leave I realized I was standing in an ant hill, so I got bit up pretty bad on my toes. Love ants...ugh.
We went back to the hostel via mototaxi and went out to get dinner. We went to a comedor and got great cheap food; I got pupusas, which I haven’t had since my first week in Gracias…so good. Afterwards we wandered around town a little til we found this more Americanized place that served the best desserts. We got carrot cake and some mocha chocolate something; they were almost too rich for us! Afterwards we went to another restaurant and had fun playing pool and doing karaoke to end our night.