We’re not happy about it
We’re Back
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Cinquera
The forests around Cinquera are where the guerrillas hid during the civil war.
They are very proud of that.
There are a lot of bomb bits around town.
Some were used as church bells.
These are the stoves where they cooked in the forest. The pipes take the smoke from the fire so it has time to cool before releasing it and doesn’t rise.
This is the operating table
This is a plane they shot down
These were used for making indigo before the war.
The forest is very pretty.
Woodpeckers always have good views.
This is a flower.
This is also a flower.
Are you as good at recognizing flowers as Kerri?
These are flowers
They have all the flowery bits
This is not a flower because it only has spikeys.
We have seen a lot of mountains that are supposed to look like women
But this is the first that really looked like a woman to Kerri.
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Suchitoto
Suchitoto had squacking birds
And mountains and fields
We went to a cigar making demonstration
It did not make us want to smoke
They have a lake that used to be pretty but is now so polluted that we couldn’t do anything on it.
But from a distance it looked pretty
Kerri went to a pupusa making class. Matt was sick so she had to cook for herself.
Can you tell which one the chef made and which two Kerri made?
We went to an indigo dyeing demonstration.
It turns darker blue when exposed to the air
And then it is rinsed
And now it’s blue.
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More Copan
Look, more ruins!
Are you shocked?
This guy has a monkey snout
These skulls look worried. I wonder what there is to worry about when you are a skull?
This crocodile looks hungry
Their writing has a lot of faces in it
It’s pretty elaborate
Can you imagine having to draw eyes and noses and earrings on your letters?
They did simplify it somewhat when they were writing on paper
This is a hole
This is a ruined temple with trees growing on it
This one has been excavated and reconstructed
This is not what snake teeth look like.
I’m not sure what animal this is supposed to be.
This is Alter Q
It has all the old rulers around the outside.
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Copan Tunnels
Copan has new temples built on top of old temples too,
So you have to go underground to see the older stuff.
iiThis is the Rosalita Temple.
It once looked like this.
But now it is underground and lost most of its colour.
It’s hard to even figure out what part you’re looking at.
But it still has lots of carved decorations
And writing.
You just have to wander around underground to see it.
Statues look creepy when you stick a flashlight under their face, just like people do.
Yay for tunnels.
