From my almost-daily hike into Brisas.
I usually take a taxi from Copan to Las Sepulturas, part of the Mayan ruins. Then, someone from Brisas meets me and we hike in together. Forty minutes, depending on the mud. Sometimes we walk in from Copan. An hour and ten minutes. Better to take the taxi. L20 - $1.
Jose Manuel's machete in the trail.
Don Genaro near part of Las Sepulturas. Pretty cool, walking through the ruins every day. Las Sepulturas are seperate from the main site. Not many visitors. Quiet, impressive. Lately, they've been flooded because of all the rain. A temporary lake. Here's where the machete comes in. To avoid the water, we head off the trail and into the woods. Yesterday, Genaro hacked a new path for us through ropey vines and around ceiba trees.
Do you know the story behind the ruins?
ReplyDeleteThe name Las Sepulturas has something to do with skeletons, graves - I can't remember. But the archaeologists found a lot of skeletons here. They still can't figure that part out. There are also a lot of big old houses. Scribes, doctors - basically the upper middle class Mayan suburbs.
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