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The Mayan ruins of Copan was the primary objective this trip. I’ve never seen Mayan anything except for a Nike commercial of an athelete jogging up a temple in Tikal (Guatemala) or the photos of National Geographic. It took my breath away once in the Copan complex. It was hard to capture the beauty digitally but you’ll see I’ve made a concerted effort. A number of Hondurans warned us not to drive in Honduras at night and we followed their advice to a T. On the way south to Tegucigalpa, we made a pitstop in Comayagua and saw what supposedly is the oldest clock in the western hemisphere (built by the Moors over 800 years ago and incorporated in a 17th century Spanish cathedral). Tegucigalpa is massive and poor. It was exciting to see that a chiropractor (Dr. Robert Funk) had actually made inroads in this country. Deb got sick off some nasty Chinese food the one night we stayed in the capital and we were glad to leave early the next morning.
Copan Ruinas Sign
Copan Ruinas Sign		 Mayan Temple
Mayan Temple		 Mayan Stela II
Mayan Stela II		 Balancing Act
Balancing Act
Mayan Stela
Mayan Stela		 Sacrificial Blood Drain
Sacrificial Blood Drain		 Mayan Skull
Mayan Skull		 Staff Of Power
Staff Of Power
Toothless Mayan
Toothless Mayan		 Anatomically Correct Bat
Anatomically Correct Bat		 Crocodile or Dragon?
Crocodile or Dragon?		 Rosalia Temple Replica
Rosalia Temple Replica
Mayan Tunnel to Authentic Rosalia
Mayan Tunnel to Authentic Rosalia		 Mayan Underground Rosalia
Mayan Underground Rosalia		 Rosalia Temple Wall Underground
Rosalia Temple Wall Underground		 Poor Constipated Mayan
Poor Constipated Mayan
Honduras Welcome
Honduras Welcome		 Funky Honduran Chiropractor
Funky Honduran Chiropractor

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Funky chiro 16-May-2005 01:48
thanks for the promo
Funky chiro in Teguc.Just saw your trip.
IF you hear of any other chiropractor interested in working here at 55 Id like to leave to return to Canada.Take care.Bob Funk Bobfchiro@yahoo.com
Guest 03-Dec-2004 18:47
Funny you mention the Nike commercial. My professor shared with me a funny story about that.
My professor is a linguist and professional epigrapher of the Maya. He told us a story about how obtained a special aerchelogical permit which allows him to go to sites at times when others are not permitted. So, he goes to this monument with a videocamera and microphones and climbs to the very top (it is so steep that you cannot see the bottom steps when you look down). His idea was to catch the morning sunrise (at appx. 3 a.m., since this is when the sun rises there) and to watch and record all the animals and birds.
So there he is recording, peacefully watching the birds, when he starts to hear this noise. It's loud and obnoxious and it is ruining his stuff, so he angrily turns off his equipment and from the top of this tall monument he looks to see where it is coming from. He sees this giant bus, not a tourist bus, as he put it, but a bus that was built for hauling something like a rock band around. It drives onto the site, which is not permitted, on the original Mayan road, which is way to small for it, and parks itself right by the monument. Anyway, he stands in amazement as he watches a bunch of guys wearing t-shirts and shorts get out. Then, they start running up the monument. My professor was dumbfounded. Eventually, the men reach the top of the monument and run into my professor, who scares the heck out of them because they did not expect to find someone hanging out on top of the monument. They nearly fall off. What did they do then? They all turned around and ran back down the monument (this is NOT an easy thing to do). Then they climbed back into their bus and took off.
That, my prof says, was the Nike commercial.
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