Mayan Kingdom - Copan

Hola Everyone

We traveled to Copan this past weekend, one of the most famous and well developed archeological sites in the Mayan world (5th through 9th centuries AD (check out the link - Copan History) with our friends the Wetmores. It was a spectacular experience for all of us, everything from the 4.5 hour drive (don't totally trust your GPS folks there's a place for a map in everyone's kit) to the macaw sanctuary just outside the cool little town of Copan Ruinas where we stayed. Take a look at the pix and let us know what you think.

Road Hazards not typically found on the Kennedy or Stevenson!

Part of a flock of macaws on the path into the ruins - their cries kept us company all afternoon

The "residential" section of the ruins           

Our fellow travelers

Stela - tells the Mayan story

Mayan Face

Copan - Que Chivo!

Macaw Rescue

Nobody will ever see us - silly tourists

Hope you enjoyed this post - Copan is totally worth the trouble if you're into the history and want to explore the ancient world. More Later, bye!

El Boqueron

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Today we "climbed" El Boqueron one of the closest volcanos that last erupted in 1917, then stopped by the beautiful Cafe Miranda on the way back for a coffee and to look at their zip lines.

         Kathleen on El Boqueron

             
Volcan Izalco from El Boqueron - Kathleen climbed through the lava field  up Izalco a few weeks ago. (click on the photo for a better view)

It was very windy on the volcano today, look at these pine trees!

Mark at Cafe Miranda

It was a great day - clear, crisp and even chilly up high. Hope you all like the pix!

Leaving Comments

Greetings All

We just realized that leaving comments on our blog was impossible for some of you due to our settings (the problem being neither of us is particularly technically proficient). We've corrected that little issue so commenting should be a piece of cake so GET TO IT!
XOXO
K&M

Happy New Year

Hi Everybody and Happy New Year! This post reflects a bunch of events out of order (sorry); since early December we've visited the San Francisco Bay area, Panama City, Panama (not Florida) and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (no pix of that part yet). Take a look at the pictures below - December was a busy little month for us!

In the picture above we are at the Gatun locks of the Panama Canal - hard to believe the size of the ships, almost like seeing the Sears Tower sailing by. We could have stayed here looking at the 100-year old canal all day long. Amazing place.

One of the ships with crew members - click on the photo to see how much fun they're having!

One of the gates as a ship goes "All ahead full"

Here's Kathleen at a famous place...

Fort San Lorenzo in Panama, at the mouth of the River Chagres - easy to see why the Spanish put the fort here

Exploring Ft. San Lorenzo

Mark at the Fort

Here's the train we rode from Panama City to Colon - a wonderful trip through triple canopy jungle, complete with crocs swimming in the lake.

This was Manuel Noriega's private watering hole before he got tossed out of office - now it's part of a Smithsonian nature conservancy project on the Amador causeway. We got to ride bikes! Yippeeee!!!

A peresozo de dos dedos (two toed sloth) earning his name in a tree at the Smithsonian project

Mark at Limantour Beach, California December 2009

Kathleen & Mark at Point Lobos, California