Copan: Day 21

Hello again! Pretty relaxing day today. Some kids went out to the bird park today, but I elected to stay in town and do more shopping. I'm so indecisive... but I think I came away with some good finds. The tickets for the bird park are reusable, apparently, so a group of us may go tomorrow. If I do, there will be pictures to share.

This afternoon a bunch of us went to the ruins to play sardines. For those of you who don't know the game, it is essentially like hide-and-seek, except only one person hides and everyone else seeks. When you find the person who is hiding, you hide with them. It goes on like this until everyone has found the hiding spot (in round two is was Ruler 16's tomb). AWESOME. This is really an amazing place, and I'm honored to say that I know where are all the good hiding places in the Principal Group.

I also managed to find my camera cord this afternoon, so I thought I'd post some of the pictures from our "last day" of digging yesterday. Here is our digging group (dubbed Black Force Jaguar by the boys). From left to right, Sarah, me, Alana, and Don Fidensio! I apologize for the blurriness, there was a smudge on my lens at the time, unfortunately. But Sarah and Alana have copies of it (including one where we are all posing like explorers), and I'll be glad to share them with you when I get them.

A look at the entirety of the site. You can see Don Fidensio working in our unit on the right in the black shirt. Don Chepe is standing to the right of him in a dashing cowboy hat.

A few of us decided to grab a picture with the beloved Moncho, head honcho. When we asked to take a picture of him, he eagerly ushered us to the top of a mound nearby the site. Turned out to be a great spot for a photo, don't you agree? (From left to right, me, Emily, Moncho, and Lorena.)

Right before that picture was taken, Moncho took off his iconic hat and put it on Emily's head. Right after the picture, Emily proclaimed, "I win." She totally did.

While Don Daniel (aka Don Kick-Ass) was finishing leveling out his unit, the boys were left with some free time on their hands. With that time, Kenny built this exquisite pyramid out of sifted dirt and rocks.

Truly, a work of art.

For now, I'm off to bed, but you will hear more from me tomorrow. Don't forget to e-mail me to let me know how you are doing. I love and miss you all!