Back to the Mainland

March 10 - 14, 2008

The morning ferry ride from the island to the mainland was much smoother. It took us longer to retrieve our luggage than the actual ferry ride. The luggage claim area is chaotic and everyone should experience this at least once. Nuts!

We had lunch at the Lodge at Pico Bonito. This is one of the small luxury hotels in the world and there were no prices on the menu. Our tour of the butterfly farm, serpentarius and lunch cost the four of us $80. Way too much for Honduras.

Next stop was the city of San Pedro Sula where we overnighted before heading to Copan Ruinas. Mom did some more shopping in the City Mall which is like any other mall in North America. We even had supper at Tony Romas.

After a 3 hour drive we arrived in Copan Ruinas. Found a great little hotel for $25 per night. Walked around town making plans for the next few days.

Visited the Macaw Mountain Bird Park and Reserve twice. This was the hi-lite of the trip so far. Spent a morning at the Copan Ruins.

We had a traditional 4 course Honduran supper at Hacienda San Lucas which overlooks the town of Copan. We watched the sunset and the white egrets fly to their nesting tree for the night. Our meal was cooked on a traditional wood stove and each course explained to us by the hostess.

More shopping in town with a visit to the local market. The fruit and vegetable displays were so beautiful.

On our final morning in Copan Ruinas we went to an outdoor coffee shop across from a bank. We've never felt that well protected having cofffee before. Note the firearms in the picture.