Bienvenidos a Copan Ruinas |
The Rotary Club also welcomes you to Copan Ruinas |
Asian tuktuks have taken hold in Honduras |
Honduras License Plate |
La Cañada Hotel, Copan Ruinas |
Hotel La Cañada, Copan Ruinas |
Hotel La Cañada, Copan Ruinas |
Spanish colonial architecture, Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Copan Ruinas Town Center - Calle de la Plaza |
Tourist shuttle prices, Copan Ruinas |
Honduras - Todo está aqui |
Republica de Honduras Libra, Soberana e Independente, 15 de Septiembre de 1821 |
Calle 18 Conejo, Copan Ruinas |
Banco de Occidente, Copan Ruinas |
Banco de Occidente, Copan Ruinas |
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Parque Central & Church, Copan Ruinas |
Old Church, Parque Central, Copan Ruinas |
Parque Central & Church, Copan Ruinas |
Parque Central & Church, Copan Ruinas |
Parque Central & Church, Copan Ruinas |
The old church of Copan Ruinas |
Interior of the old church, Copan Ruinas |
Parque Central, Copan Ruinas |
Parque Central, Copan Ruinas |
Palacio Municipal, Copan Ruinas |
Restaurante Los Arcos, Parque Central, Copan |
Ave. Copan, Copan Ruinas |
Ave. Copan, Copan Ruinas |
A small nameless bar, Ave. Copan |
Roadsigns for the Guatemalan border and Copan Airport |
Hedman-Alas Bus Station, Copan Ruinas |
Hedman-Alas, since 1953 |
A little snack bar near the bus station |
Well-endowned Mayan flying demon |
Reproduction of a stele at a Copan Ruinas hotel |
Pool of a nice hotel near the bus station |
Honduran beer - Port Royal Export |
The town is small and soon you're among the green fields and trees |
Minor nameless ruins on the side of the road |
Honduras Tourism brought to you by Credomatic |
Junction - Copan Ruinas/La Entrada |
Frontera Guatemala 12 km |
12 km from Copan to Guatemala |
Tropical tree, Honduras |
Mural at the entrance to the city, Honduras |
Mural detail, Copan Ruinas |
Mural detail, Copan Ruinas |
Las Sepulturas - an ancient Mayan suburb of Copan |
A yellow Honduran license plate |
La Casa de Todo Restaurant - Copan Ruinas (free internet) |
A hilly cobblestoned street in the old town, Copan Ruinas |
Sturdy colonial architecture, Copan Ruinas |
Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Hotel Graditas Mayas, Copan Ruinas |
Airy green balcony on an old house, Copan Ruinas |
Barrio El Centro, Copan Ruinas |
A walk from the town center to the upper district, Copan Ruinas |
I felt perfectly save in Copan, even with my big camera hanging around my neck |
Upper town, Copan Ruinas |
Upper town, Copan Ruinas |
Calle Yaruga runs east-west through the upper town |
An old pickup, Calle Yaruga, Copan Ruinas |
The town is very clean, even outside of the tourist areas |
Someone's pants don't quite fit yet |
Feeding the chickens |
El Cuartel, the small hilltop fort overlooking Copan Ruinas |
El Cuartel, Copan Ruinas |
El Cuartel - Fuerte Jose Trinidad Cabañas" - Copan Ruinas |
Panoramic photo of the old fort, Copan Ruinas |
El Cuartel, Copan Ruinas |
View from El Cuartel, Copan Ruinas |
There's a new museum inside El Cuartel |
There's a new museum inside El Cuartel |
Tile map of Central America marking out major Mayan sites, El Cuartel |
Artist's impression of the Mayan city of Copan in its glory days |
The old church from the old fort, Copan Ruinas |
The old church from the old fort, Copan Ruinas |
El Cuartel - Fuerte Jose Trinidad Cabañas" - Copan Ruinas |
Templo Evangelico Amigos, Copan Ruinas |
Major erosion to a street on the steep hillside of the upper town, Copan Ruinas |
Interesting pure water distribution system, Copan Ruinas |
Friendly kids in the town of Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Some of them would surely pass for Filipino |
Late afternoon, Copan Ruinas |
Federación Hondureña de Full Contact Amatuer - Escuela K'Amalb'e Copán |
The very pleasant town of Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
La Casa de Jade, Copan |
Modern reproduction of a Mayan Jade mask |
Mural, Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Back at the Plaza Mayor, sorry, Parque Central |
Parque Central, late afternoon |
Old church of Copan Ruinas, late afternoon |
Parque Central, late afternoon |
El banco está cerrado |
Sunset over a cobble stone street of Copan Ruinas |
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Just what I was looking for - a balcony with a sunset view, cold beer and free internet - Twisted Tanya's in Copan Ruinas |
Cerveza Imperial on the patio of Twisted Tanya's |
The other Honduran beer, Port Royal Export |
Life is good - Twisted Tanya's, Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
Night falls, Twisted Tanya's |
I've got to find out more about that thing |
Good night, Copan Ruinas |
Thankfully, much of the town center in Copan Ruinas is geared towards the locals rather than all tourist trinket shops |
Hotel Camino Maya, Copan Ruinas, Honduras |
After a full day of touring the ancient ruins of Copan, back on the terrace of Twisted Tanya's |
Chatting with other travelers directs me here - Sol de Copan |
I whole-heartedly recommend Sol de Copan, a tiny German brewery and restaurant in Copan Ruinas |
Sol de Copan, a great place to meet travelers and locals over a fine microbrewed German-style beer |
Sol de Copan's wonderful dark beer (no, it's not Paulaner...just the glass) |
Thomas, the German owner and brewer of Sol de Copan, runs a fine establishment together with his Honduran wife |
A little backwards - Bienvenidos a Honduras - as I'm leaving for Guatemala |
Can't aim, o well.... |
The tourist shuttle bus to Guatemala |