hondo day 3

The next morning we woke up super bright and early to get on the road.  We drove through Siguatepeque, another one of the areas Houston served in.  We just did a quick drive by, stopped by the chapel, drove by the house he lived in and the little town square, then got back on the road to head to Copan

la capilla!

his house!
so awkward.  the guy that lived there was in his truck ready to leave!

On the way to Copan we drove El Lago de Yojoa.  It was a huge lake and absolutely beautiful.

the hubs and the lake

we drove through quite a few little towns with some awesome three-wheeled taxis

drove past some horses, some donkeys, some cows...

After half the day on the road we finally made it to Copan.  Our hotel was absolutely adorable.  We were both obsessed with it.  Houston found Hotel Terramaya on TripAdvisor and it was a win! The hotel had six bedrooms, was gorgeous, our room had an amazing view with a balcony complete with hammock.  They had breakfast on the patio in the morning. I could go back right now.

knock knock let me in!
standing outside the hotel door

the view from our room

After getting all of our stuff settled, we walked through the little town to go see the Mayan ruins.

love that man
quaint little copan with cobblestone streets

The ruins were amazing!!  This part of the trip was definitely for Houston; he studied all about Mayan stuff in college.  But, the site was huge.  It was insane.  You would look at a temple, then walk up the steps, get to the top and see a whole other section of ruins, and then you would do it all over again! It was crazy!

being a goof

behind me is where we were taking the pictures above, then we climbed up a hill
and there were even more ruins hiding behind the hill

loved being on vacay together

After the ruins we walked back to town and stopped to get a little snack.  Houston got some elote and this hot, corn drink.  I got some (green) mangoes in a plastic baggie with salsa. It was dee-licious!! But, right in the middle of eating it Houston made some comment about possibly getting diarrhea from street vendors and it made me less than excited to eat the rest of it... Oh well. Don't worry, all was well!

That night we just walked down the street from our hotel and had dinner at this little bitty restaurant, with candles on the picnic tables. It was adorable.  The only complaint was that most of what they served was American food, like they were trying to cater to Americans, but we both really wanted actual Honduran food.  It was fun nonetheless.  After dinner we found a Kobs and got ice cream then walked back to the hotel in the rain. Pretty dang good day!