Hey all,I got back from the weekend at Copan and thought I would update the blog. I started with a photo of some of the cats here on base that I took Friday moring. The kitten laying on the payment was playing with the tail of momma while a sibling ran in the background. All told the litter is five kittens.
The weekend was pretty good, it started with a painful van ride out to the city, 5.25 hours through winding, bumpy roads. I could not believe that it took us as long to get there as a quick run to Chicago. Got there, took a nap, walked around the town, had an early supper then walked around the town more, hopped in the hot tub but it never turned on...
Sat morning it was the Mayan ruins, lunch at Maccaw Mountain (a tropical bird park) and then toured the bird park. After that, five of us went to the "Hot Springs" a very bumpy, dusty 45 min ride to a very disappointing destination. We stayed maybe 25 minutes. That night we went out to eat and most called it an early night, a couple of us ended up chatting in the hotel bar, then bedtime.
Sunday morning we could have gone horseback riding but everyone slept in. After lunch we went on a canopy tour of the forest. It was a truck ride up the mountain, then riding down on cables suspened tree to tree, 14 lines in all, really kind of fun, there are a couple of pictures below, the lines were various lengths and speeds. On the longest, highest one, (but only third in sequence) I was so nervous that I over braked (a glove encased hand was the brake) that I got stuck about 3/4 the way down, hanging about 150 feet above the ground... That evening we had the best pizza I've had in quite some time, then four of us walked around town looking for a discoteque, not much luck, it was Sunday in a small town.
This morning we left around 10 and got here about 3:30, another painful ride. It was actually kinda nice to get back, although it has been rumbling thunder all evening.
This was actually the "superman" way of doing it.Only on the last two lengths and only with one of the guides.
P.S. I have a lot of photos from the Mayan Ruins and Maccaw Mountain Bird Park, when I get a chance, I will post them on a seperate photo album and post a link.
