Copan, Honduras Information
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Last updated 10 Aug 2011
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Copan A Description of the village, Ruinas de Copan and a hotel list. Interactive map with photos. Also see an in depth discussion. See the Chamber of Commerce website. Asociación Copan (in Español)
Hotels Unless you are going during an international conference or around a holiday, or possibly in July or August you shouldn't need to reserve anything. If you just want to be absolutely sure of having a room available, you might want to contact one of those below and book for one night.
Maya Area Hotel Advice I would add that even after seeing and accepting a room, to not book for more than the first night, just in case. You never know what nearby dogs may bark only at night or how noisy a nearby place becomes after dark, or what horrible thing you may have missed about the room.
Hint, anytime you check into a new hotel, be sure to get its name and address, either on its business card or in your notes. If you get lost, all you have to do is show the address to a cabbie to get a ride back there.
Hostal En La Manzana Verde looks pretty good, cheap, and it has a kitchen. Hotel Iguana Azul is inexpensive and has dorm rooms.
Posada
Viajero is economical offers Internet service and has e-mail). I stayed there once and it was okay, but last time I stayed at the Posada Honduras, (which is not online) for under $6.50. For a shared bath, it would have been much less. This place is in the last road in town on the way toward the ruins and just a little south. A good splurge might be Casa de Cafe and it offers Wifi in the common area.
See a Honduras List of hotels.
Local Airlines
Buses Shuttles between Copan and Guatemala City or Antigua with Monarcas Note that there are still no buses from Copan Ruinas to the border. See also expensive Hedman Alas for its schedules to and from Guate and major cities in Honduras.
To Copan from San Pedro Sula with a description of Copan Ruinas.
Ruin Links for Honduras Discussion of the Maya Collapse at Copan FAMSI report on the Early Acropolis Project Hieroglyphs and History at Copan Hieroglyphics and History at Copan by David Stuart Results of rural Copan Archaeological research Some more photos Sixteen Kings (Description of Copan) Tour Copán with David Stuart, A PBS special. Yax Kuk Mo, founder of a Copan Dynasty
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Lempira Exchange Rate to the US dollar Use this Trip Planner to put in the dates for your intended trip and see how the weather in the Copan area is likely to be then.
Shuttles and buses to and from Copan See Hedman Alas for its bus schedules from to Guatemala City and in Honduras. Rutas Orientales looks interesting. _______________ Tours Cocos Tours has some wildlife day trips and longer ones in Honduras. Hostel En La Manzana Verde has tours. horseback and other day trips from Copan Ruinas. Finca El Cisne horseback riding tours
Spanish Schools A country list and ratings by 123teachme.com. The same, but for Copan. Study abroad in Honduras. (Also includes Spanish schools).
Miscellaneous To compare dial around rates, click here. To call Honduras from the US, dial 011 504 and the local number. To call from another country, 00 504 and local number will work from many, but not from all. Try this link to make sure.
Fun Web page for adding Spanish Vocabulary Online Honduras Business Directory Looking for ways to help Honduras? Look at Project Honduras. Try an online Spanish Language Proficiency Test Sidewalkmystic.com is a useful non-commercial introduction to planning a first trip to Honduras. See what people are doing to help Honduras Quite a few cybercafes, but be assured that Copan has them too. See Maya Connections Bar Tunkul is kind of expensive, but nice for a beer or two. A review of the Tunkul that I mostly agree with. National Geographic Article 02/97 Numerous other Links regarding Honduras.
Honduras This Week (in English) Tiempo (San Pedro Sula La Tribuna (Tegucigalpa)
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My Thoughts on the Honduran Ousting of its President
My first reaction was to suggest that people stay away from Honduras, not out of fear, but of anger. However, after an intriguing discussion on the News Hour on PBS and from other sources, I no longer see it that way. One way to look at the "coup" is that it was voted on by its congress and approved by its Supreme Court and only carried out by the military long enough to get the outgoing president out of the country. The replacement was voted in by its congress and the new regime has its backing and that of the high court there. One can certainly argue that there should have been an orderly impeachment proceeding, but it seems clear that much of the rest of the government was too worried about a César Chavez-style presidency developing. I think that more telling will be the way that the new regime treats dissidents and whether the selected president merely fills out the current term and there is still an election next year as already scheduled. I don't think there are any heroes here, but also no one worthy of demonization. I don't see tourism there as now being dangerous.
