Honduras

It is funny how people are so different from one place to another, but also very similar. I feel that attitudes change but as I rode the bus in Easter Guatemala and Honduras I realized that the cowboy culture of Mexico and Central America is just about the same. I also recently read La Raza Cósmica (The Cosmic Race) by José Vasconcelos who touches among other subjects on Pan-americanism and  the superiority of people of mix race. Anyways the one topic that really became relevant as I traveled in CA is that although there is a huge degree of diversity, the political boundaries in existence today are completely irrelevant.There is one common cultural aspect uniting most people here which is the colonial legacy, but ethnic groups and indigenous communities are often divided by political boundaries at many different levels. Such is the case of the Garifuna and the many Mayan linguistic communities. 
On another note, today I visited Copan in the early morning and again got to have the place almost entirely to myself. The place is pretty incredible and in many ways very similar to the stelaes in Quirigua. I think I am significantly over budget, but I tend to splurge on dam taxi cabs and hotels now and then. But last night I stayed in a pretty confy bed... no hot water though. I am now is a small town called Gracias a Dios... well now day is just Gracias. I really like it. I like small towns; less people, get lost less often, and people tend to be nicer. 

Copan

Copan 

The Macaw is the national bird of Honduras and they roam Copan