On our first full day we visited the ruins. The ruins are just outside town and we found the most inexpensive way to get there was to take a tuctuc. With six of us we were able to get there in two tuctucs. After our tour of the ruins, then lunch and the museum we were ready to get a couple of tuctucs back to town. That is when we met Renaldo, a tuctuc driver. Renaldo's English is quite good so we soon learned he could arrange horseback riding for us for the next day. As it turned out the others were not interested in horseback riding so it was just the two of us. Renaldo was our guide and the horses belonged to his uncle. He picked us up at the hotel in his tuctuc and we then went to the horses which were tied up just at the edge of town. We rode up a mountain to the small Mayan village of La Pintada. From the village we then hiked to Mayan ruins Los Sapos. Los Sapos, known as the birthing place is where ancient copanecan Maya women went to give birth. As we approached Los Sapos, were heard voices and then we heard Renaldo say "your friends are here". After we had left on the horses, Bill, Pat, Terry and Sandy decided to visit Hacienda San Lucas, which they reached by tuctuc, and from there they hiked to Los Sapos. What a coincidence we met up as they were planning to return to Hacienda San Lucas which was the opposite direction from La Pintada. We told them they should not miss La Pintada village and invited them to return with us. Renaldo called his brother, also a tuctuc driver and arranged for him to come up to the village to give them a ride to town. We returned on our horses and then we all met at the hotel and then Renaldo and his brother gave us rides to Macaw Mountain, which will be the subject of another posting.
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| This village makes dolls and flowers with corn husk. They are quite nice. Here the children are attempting to sell us some. They also sell in town so we already had purchased our fair share. |
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| Linda's new friend Rosa |
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| Corn Husk Products - made in La Pintada |
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| Typical Mayan homes constructed of mud and sticks. |
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| View of Copan Ruinas during our short hike to Los Sapos |
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| Tuctuc driver, guide and all around good guy - Renaldo |
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| Leaving La Pintada Village |
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