Copán Tourist Traps
Tips and photos of Copán tourist attractions and tourist traps, posted by real travelers and Copán locals.
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on September 3, 2006
at the border, while your transport is stopped for the necessary documentation, you will get hoardes of men clambering around you to do some 'money dealing'. basically, you can agree on a fixed price, and give them some US dollars in exchange for lempiras. i dont know how legal this is, but everyone seems to do it, and the rate exchanged was not so bad at all. but be warned! you are out on the street, at a busy crazy dust border crossing. people are swarming around you. and here you are taking wads of cash out in public. be VERY careful, and pay attention to your surroundings.
if the thought of 'bartering' for an exchange rate fazes you, the village of copan does have a few banks and 2 ATM's. obviously bank fees etc will be in force if you go here, but at least its not feeling like 'dodgy' dealings on the street.
on December 22, 2005
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