Trip to Copan Part I - Macaw Mountain

On Saturday morning we slept in a little, then took off for a city in western Honduras called Copan. It was a good road, but I got carsick the last 50 km because the road was so curvy. We landed in a little town with very steep, VERY narrow cobblestone roads. I have to say that Andrew has pretty well mastered the skills of driving a huge Land Cruiser here--not an easy thing.

Upon arrival we called the ecolodge and the person gave us some recommendations for things to do and where to eat. We headed out to Macaw Mountain which is a bird park and nature reserve. I just loved it there! We started with a yummy lunch, reasonably priced (I had shrimp kebobs).

The first thing we saw were these huge weird tree worms which we thought were caterpillars, but the tour guide said no, just worms.

There were many large parrots and macaws there, some in large walk-through aviaries, others just on perches. These are all birds that were once pets and people wanted to get rid of them. They can live up to 100 years in captivity.

We got caught in a late afternoon tropical downpour which was actually kind of cool. We had been given umbrellas by our 10-year old guide, so we just carried on with the tour. We ended at a little coffee shop where they made coffee from the beans they grew right there.