Copan Ruinas, Honduras

We have finally arrived in Honduras- and what a trip. It took us about 30 hours to get from Auckland to Guatemala City, and although it all went smoothly we arrived exhausted. We arrived at 10:30 pm and were picked up at the airport by a driver from the guesthouse ( Dos Lunas) whose wife made us an amazing homecooked meal- rice, beans, fried plantains and cheese tacos- Luis was in heaven!
The next afternoon (yesterday) we caught a bus to a town called Chiquimula (3 hours), and from there it was a 45 minute taxi ride to the border (believe it or not my first ever land border crossing). One minibus and 15 minutes later were were in Copan. This despite Luis' attempts to communicate with drivers in English (thus loosing our negotiating advantage!)
We spent this morning relaxing (still catching up on sleep!) and this afternoon visited the Mayan Ruins- amazing. Not as large and impressive as Tikal in Guatemala but much more creative- carved staircases, stelae etc. They call it the Paris of the Mayan world.
Today is my birthday (by the date anyway- I think it was yesterday in New Zealand!).. so Luis is going to take me out for dinner... soon, so I'd better finish this and get back to the hotel to clean myself up a bit (it was a lovely warm afternoon, just a little sweaty!).
I'll post some pictures of Copan here as soon as we can (don't have my laptop connected yet and no USB port in this internet cafe). Check back here early next week for those.