Copan Ruins

We arrived safely in San Pedro Sula last evening and Kent picked us up at the bus station. Had a great dinner at a nice Honduran restaurant and then drove around San Pedro Sula a bit to look around. It has a very different feel than Tegucigalpa--more orderly and more spacious streets for sure! Today we took a day trip (thanks to Kent) to the Copan Ruins--Mayan ruins about a 3 hour drive from San Pedro Sula. We got a guide and spent about 2 hours touring the ruins. Very interesting, especially for Nate and Chase who had never seen anything like that before. They were especially fascinated by the field where an annual game was played--and the captain of the winning team was then taken to a special rock and beheaded as a sacrifice.

We had a late lunch in the town of Copan--a very cute, very touristy little village, with a similar feel to Valley of the Angels for those of you who have been there. Returned to Kent and Judy's and are right now reorganizing (once again) to get ready to leave for the bus at 5:30 tomorrow morning! Our bus leaves at 6 and is scheduled to arrive in La Ceiba by 9.....we will try to grab the 9:30 ferry over to Roatan so we can relax on the beach ASAP!!!
We feel kind of caught between 2 worlds---the one we have left, and the one we will be returning to, spending time thinking about each. Have been singing lots of the songs that we learned all the words to in Talanga with the kids, and bought a couple of CDs so we can listen to some of the "new" artists (new to us but not to the people here) often when we get home.

Looking forward to sleeping late and relaxing on Roatan. Will try to update at least once more before we head for Indy in less than a week! Wow. Continued thanks for your notes and prayers. Will be in touch. EWM