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Things To Do In Copan Ruinas |
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Things to do in Copán 2008 Happy New Year, we KNOW things will be really great in 2008, we hope to see you
hear this year, it's a great place to live, a great place to visit and there are so many things to do. During
the Holidays I had a Guatemalan family in my shop (Licuados Express) drinking some of that fabulous coffee from
Finca Miramundo who said they would be back this week because they could not believe there were so many things
to do, and sometimes, when you live here (over 17 years) you forget and need to sit down and think about it, so
here goes, let's see how many things I can think of here 2. Tour of the museums, Children's Museum (casa Kínich, scheduled to
reopen in March 2008 with twice the space, gift shop, and it features my favourite thing CHOCOLATE) Sculpture Museum
(at the Ruins) Town Museum on the Park. 3. Tour the Hot Springs, either the Spa at the hot springs with massages, aromatherapy,
and steam bath, or the natural springs that have paths that are marked with markers highlighting the flora and
fauna 4. Tour Sepulturas, which is located inside the San Lucas Resort, so you have
to do that too, what a setting, need I say more, click on their button and read all about them. They have recently
added gourmet food preparation and classes along with their yoga retreats. Fabulous Flavia has got literally Heaven
on earth 5. Happy Hours, Twisted Tanya´s, Bar Xilbaba, both are known for their
house cocktails that are more than generous, and Tanya's four course meals are talked about all over town!. 6. Detoxify with noni, the Tahitian fruit that has all those really incredible
healing powers. 7. Tour the Bird Sanctuary, either inside the Macaw Mountain Bird Park, or outside
the natural habitat. Macaw Mountain's entrance fee is good for two days and it is a guaranteed eye-opener, with
the colours, calls, and they have a gift shop that is really really wonderful. 8. Support the Indigenous, take a moment to read the Copan association web page
about their projects that are ongoing, they are responsible for the Sculpture Museum, the Casa Kínich, and
they have collectors t-shirts available at the ruins as well as embroidered totes and they official guides for
the ruins, Spanish and English. 9. Drink Cappuccino, Espresso, Café Americano, or Café Negro at
the Macaw Mountain Coffee Shop or Licuados Express Shop, both serve the same Miramundo Coffee and have it available
by the pound ground or whole bean, take AT LEAST five pounds home with you, I say that because no one ever takes
enough! 10. Eat until you explode, hand thrown, handmade pizza, homemade hamburgers
and T-bone steaks available at Jim´s Pizza, Waffles and Bagels with Crème Cheese available at Licuados
Express, The Full Monty Breakfast at Café/Bar Xilbaba, Shishkabobs and seafood at the Blue Morpha Café
located in the Bird Sanctuary, Four course meals at Twisted Tanya´s Second Story Sunset Terrace. 11. Learn Spanish at the Xbalanque Spanish School, room and board with a family for a week with four hours of classes, a bargain 13. See the Orchid Farm and the Butterfly Farm, located at the entrance to Copan
Ruinas as you are coming in from Guatemala. Over 300 varieties of orchids have been photographed and the butterflies
are always hatching and flitting around. 14. Lay in the lap of luxury at the La Posada Hotel located outside of Copan
Ruinas, they have a huge pool and will bring your cool drink poolside or stay in the middle of things at the Camino
Maya, with their indoor garden seating outside of Elisa´s Restaurant and Xilbalba Happy Hour. |