Semana Santa

Copan: Day 1

We left Santa Rosa in the morning from the hotel and started our adventure to Copan. The buses went pretty well to Copan and when we arrived we took motos to the hostel. It was Mandi and Amy’s first mototaxi ride so it was amusing to see their excitement. We got settled into the hostel and decided to go right away to Macaw Mountain, the park where you can see macaws and other birds native to Honduras and Central America. They also have a nice restaurant and natural pool there. Laura Beth and I had both been there before when we last went to Copan, but for the others it was all new. I love the park though, so I didn’t mind going again. After we finished the tour we headed back to town to the central square to do some tourist shopping on the streets. They have tons of tables set up all along the street with jewelry and trinkets and loads of shops with gifts. There were several unique things I saw that I wanted to buy; the thing is I wouldn’t know what to do with them or where to put them here or back home in the States. There were things like beautiful vases and wooden placemats and frames, rugs, and pictures, but without a place of my own and not knowing what I’ll doing in the next year makes those things unnecessary for me right now.

After shopping, we went back to the hostel to rest and get ready for dinner. We ate at this pupusa place we had been to last time we came to Honduras; you can get pupusas really cheap which is great. I was really hungry when our pupusas arrived I said out loud, “yum, yum, yum,” and made the waiter laugh. Afterwards we went to a bar/restaurant where they had some dancing and karaoke and spent the rest of the night there. Tad and Steve had some Honduran women dance with them and try to teach them how to salsa or something; it was entertaining to watch.