The ride to Copan

We have a 6 am wake up as our bus will be arriving at 6:30 to take us to Copan Honduras. I actually startled awake at 3am thinking I was late and missed the bus. I rested longer, showered, shaved and packed the rest of my stuff. Since Bill never unpacks, he was already packed. I made a quick coffee run to our cafe and spent the next 20 minutes savoring the flavor. The bus came just a the caffeine started kicking in. It was a shuttled bus taking us to Guatemala City to transfer us to a larger bus.

The ride to the city was a nightmare of NYC traffic proportions. It took us an hour and twenty minutes to reach our destination. Another check in line, we had our ticket stamped and told the bus would leave in an hour. The ride alternated between beautiful mountain roads and dirt poor villages. We pass the border without problems showed our passports and pay the usual shakedown fees to get stamped and immigration. We arrive at Copan about 3pm. Tired from the long ride we grab a tuk tuk (cab) and head to our hotel.....more to come later of our first night in Copan....