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Popular General Tips | Other General Tips Tips | All Tips (12) my fondest memory during my time in copan would have to be the visit to ethe orphanage. never before has my heart stirred so much, never before have i felt the need to do something positive!
for more on this, please visit my albums. here i will give my full account, and share the story of the orphanage known as 'los angelitos felices' (the happy little angels orphanage).
in this pic, you will see the beautiful laura, my own little 'angel'.
sadly, i have no links or info for the orphanage. the one link i did have does not work anymore. if you want to help, the only way would be to go to copan. if you do pass through copan, please try and visit, put a smile on the kids faces, give them what you have. if more tourists stopped for a few minutes here, instead of heading straight to the ruins, these kids might have a better future. as for info, if i receive any, or come across any, i will be sure to post here.
UPDATE: thank you soooooo much to VT'er pepples46 (wal) for finding this link! please guys, go on here and check it out! happy angels
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i love the colors of the buildings here in copan. soft hues of pink, cream, yellow etc. lovely pastels, gorgeous windows, cute little porticos, simple yet effective doorways. add the cobblestones of the street, and the flowers and plants growing on window ledges, and you have one of the most charming little villages around. Leave a Comment
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Besides the ruins I would take friends, family, acquaintances, and CO-WORKERS to Hacienda San Lucas. I was served a five course meal that was absolutely the best. At Hacienda San Lucas there is no electricity everything is done the old fashion way. Also prior to dinner we had nothing to do but lounge around with a cool drink and watch the sunset.
What I miss about Copan are the friendly people. How Friendly? When we were stranded on the last day in Copan a gentleman stopped his truck, threw our bags in the back of his truck, loaded us up, and took us to the bus station. He also refused our tip. Leave a Comment
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When we were in the village of Copan Ruinas we heard about the orphanange 'Angelitos Felices'. There are no local funds for food, clothing and other basic needs. We bought food, purified water and other things they told us they needed most at that moment.
In the evening we visited the orphanage. The kids were sitting at small stools and started to sing for us when we arrived. They showed us the house and we could see with our own eyes that the house is very very small for the about 40 children and very basic. There are only three rooms for the children to sleep. They have to share the few beds. There is only one shower. During our visit their was no light because of lack of lamps. So we gave extra money for buying the lamps.
The voluntary women told us that Casa Hogar 'Angelitos Felices' is not only an orphanage, but also a safehouse for children who have been abandoned or mentally, physically or sexually abused. The children can find here a safe place, a bed and a meal. The kids have all their own history of abuse, extreme poverty, illness. Our meeting with the kids was a very emotional and impressive experience.
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See the Mayan ball court (at Copán). It is especially impressive when you imagine the ceremony that took place in this ball court. Opposing teams (often captives from enemy tribes) would play a ball game using a very heavy ball. The losing team (or sometimes the winning team) had the honor of being sacrificed to the gods. Leave a Comment
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See the hieroglyphic staircase (at Copán). Also impressive, despite being covered with an ugly cover to protect it from the weather. Leave a Comment
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If you are in Guatemala and all you plan to do is visit Copan you can leave Guatemala and return without having to renew your original Guatemalan entry stamp. This means when you return to Guatemala you will not be charged one single cent.
You must, however tell the Guatemalan and the Honduran officials you are only planning a visit to Copan and NO FURTHER.
You will receive a little slip of white paper which you should keep in your passport. The paper will be stamped to allow you six or seven days in Honduras. When you go back to Guatemala, hand them the piece of paper with your passport.
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Copan is propably the best known place in Honduras. Copan, just at the Guatemalean border, hosts one of the most beautifull Maya-sites in the region. While you go to Tikal for the impressive piramides and temples, Copan is the place to admire the wonderfull sculptures of old Mayan culture. It is certainly a must when you're in the neighboorhood! Leave a Comment
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Copán its wonderful, and the Sculpture Museum inside the park its great. Inside you´ll find most of the real mask´s and stelae, and also a magnificent replica of a temple, painted with the original color´s Leave a Comment
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On February 27, in the dark of night, looters snaked through a maze of excavation tunnels toward their destination—the jade-rich tomb of Copán’s Red Lady. After breaking through two locked doors, the thieves crawled into the burial chamber and swept up the treasures from the stone slab the great Maya lady had rested on in death. Although most of her skeleton and much of her jade had already been removed by archaeologists studying the site, some 2,000 of the 10,000 beads that once adorned her body were stolen. Also missing—more than half of the carved jade figures from her necklace (similar to the one pictured below), as well as one of her elaborate ear spools. Leave a Comment
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