Oh, yet another bus journey to make you cry. Long story, but having already been on the phone with the owner of Adrenalina Tours in Guatemala to complain about other problems, we were anxious about taking a shuttle with them again, and oh godness, we wish we had not! The driver nearly killed us going at breakneck speeds in torrential rain around tight mountain roads - then when we got half way, he told us he wasn´t going any further and that we could get another bus shortly to take us the rest of the way ..... a likely story !!! using our best threatening in Spanish (thank goodness for Spanish school), an hour later he eventually agreed to take us....
Anyway, so we arrived in Copan Ruinas somewhat jaded after the journey, but delighted to find Copan Ruinas to be such a welcoming nice town. We arrived on the Central America Independence day (Sept 15th) and got to experience some very colorful and musical parades.
Feeling a little tired we opted for a lighter activity and headed out to the Macaw sanctuary just outside of town. The Sanctuary has a very colorful and loud mix of macaws, parrots and toucans. Our guide was one of the founding handlers and he was able to give us some great background stories on the birds and best of all let us hold them to take pictures!
Obviously the main draw was to see the actual Mayan ruins at Copan Ruinas and they didn´t disappoint. The best thing about these ruins (aside from very few other toursists) are the magnificent sculptures (mostly of King 18 Rabbit - what a cool name!), and a marvellous museum which thankfully had English translations for a change.
