Copan, Honduras

 It has been five months since I arrived here in El Salvador. One might be tempted to say I have been stuck here for 5 months but this would not be accurate.I am having a great time and the time here has flown by very fast and in one month I will be sailing out of here to continue my cruising. I wish I could leave now but the weather this time of year would not make that a smart move. I have visited much of the Central Americans countryside and cities and it hasn't ended yet. I and two friends are leaving for Nicaragua next week to visit areas around the Capital. Last week I visited Copan and enjoyed the small town and surrounding area. I could not resist the temptation and went zip lining again. This site was much larger and the runs were longer reaching up to 1 km.

I know all of you have seen bananas in the grocery store. How many of you have seen them still in the tree?

Here are my partners in Copan, ready to ZIP.

This blog would not be complete without a shot of my ugly mug.

Here I am coming in for a crash landing. You can see the eyes of the operator waiting for me looking like he is thinking " This guy is crazy!" This was the line that was almost a mile long. I waited a little too long to apply my brakes and needed two hands to stop before I was an imprint on the side of the tree. WOW! an 'E' ticket ride

I took a movie of the couple I was with as they head down the line screaming as they go?

We rested and licked our wounds the remainder of the day. There was a great couple from Texas that was on the zip lines with us. They also had a great time. The young woman was on a quest to concur here fears. She was successful. The following day was time spent at Macaw mountain. This is an exotic bird sanctuary. Injured birds, birds that people no longer want and birds that are taken from people trying to smuggle them out of the country are sent here. The birds are in cages making it difficult to get a good photo. Some of the birds were out at the end of the tour where you could get up close and personal with them.

This is one lazy bird!

That should be enough photos of birds for now. The next day we went to a butterfly reserve. The photos were difficult to take in the shadows and they didn't cooperate with us and land on a branch long enough to get there photo. These are butterflies that can be found in Central America.

Not much of a blog this time. Sorry about that. I am going to Nicaragua next week and hope to come back with more stories to tell and photos to share. In the mean time take care and be safe out there.