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After a long overland journey from El Salvador we arrived in the lovely little town of Copan Ruinas. There we saw the fascinating Mayan ruins which have been fully excavated revealing intricate carvings on the buildings. We also spent a relaxing afternoon at the thermal springs deep within the jungle. At the springs, we first experienced a steam bath by standing on a bridge with 85 degree water flowing beneath us. We then nourished our skin using the mud in the mineral pool and, after that, chilled in the spiritual section where there were five different pools of varying temperatures cascading down.
We then had another long journey to Roatan, one of the Bay Islands in the Caribbean. We took two buses, one taxi, a boat and then another taxi before we finally arrived at our hotel in West End, Roatan. The following day we went snorkeling in West Bay which has a coral reef right next to the shore. It was a long walk across beach, rocks and a bridge from where we were staying, but when we finally arrived we donned our snorkeling gear and hit the sea. Straight away we saw fish which was amazing, being so close to the beach. The fish were very colourful and varied in size; some were eating from the coral, others chomping at invisible morsels floating around. We came across a brown and cream snake which was cool as well as a big shell fish. Schools of fish would swim past us and not seem to mind humans floating just above them. It was definitely one of the best snorkeling experiences we have both had!
The next day we made our way to San Pedro Sula - apparently the most dangerous city in the world - but it was only a stop over before heading to Nicaragua. We visited the main square and when it hit 17.30 shops started shutting up, even the McDonald's, and there were exceedingly long queues at the cash machines. It was definitely a most bizarre scene to witness. We got back to our hotel just before dark and hid there until our taxi arrived at 4am to take us to the international bus terminal.
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