Copan Honduras

While my parents were here we also took a little two day trip out to Copan Honduras. There are some old Mayan ruins there, which are supposed to be second biggest after Tikal. It was pretty neat there but sooooo HOT! It was a fun side trip though while they were here.

Here we are crossing the border.

When we got there, we went to a bird park the first day. This is a big toucan!

Dad liked holding all the birds!

This was as close as I would come to them. I'm not a big fan of birds! He's actually not as close as he appears in the picture! ha ha

My favorite place at any excursion!!

The place we stayed was the Casa Jaguar, so as we were driving around and couldn't find the place, Mom saw this jaguar and said, that's it - I remember seeing that picture on the website!!! Well, she was right, this was where we were staying!

Whenever I am meeting new Guatemalan friends and they ask where I am from, I like to respond to them, "Soy chapina," meaning, I am Guatemalan. Of course they always laugh and I know I look nothing like a Guatemalan. Well one time a friend told me that they do have blond haired, blue eyed Guatemalans but they are all from Zacapa, so if I say I am chapina, I need to say, "Soy de Zacapa," meaning, I am from Zacapa. Or, I could just say, "Soy Zacapaneca," meaning I am a person from Zacapa. I liked learning to say this word, so now that is what I tell pepole when I meet them and they ask where I am from. It's a nice ice breaker to a conversation! ha ha. So on our way to Copan, we had to pass through Zacapa, so I took a picture by my "hometown" sign! :)