{"id":11880,"date":"2005-06-23T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-24T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/?p=11880"},"modified":"2023-03-24T22:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T03:24:56","slug":"andiamos-yard-time-and-copan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/blog\/2005\/06\/23\/andiamos-yard-time-and-copan\/","title":{"rendered":"Andiamo&#8217;s Yard time, and Copan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So in early May, Andiamo had to go into the boatyard to get some work done on her bottom and rudder. She was set to stay in the yard for about a week (actually ended up being 10 days). So with the cats comfortably being taken care of in Utila, I was free to go exploring around Honduras for awhile. There wasn&#8217;t much to stay around La Ceiba for, so a trip out to Copan was in order. I found out that Lotte and Pauline were there, so we coordinated to meet up while I was there. Then we went over to San Pedro Sula for another while, before we&#8217;d part ways again. <a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copan was interesting, though not quite as &#8220;Tikal&#8221; interesting. The buildings were more elaborate, but the temples were more ruined, and not in as good preserved condition as Tikal&#8217;s. But it was interesting to see the differences in building techniques and architecture between these two cities that in the Mayan world were relatively close to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-god-statue.jpg\" alt=\"An ornate statue of a god.\" title=\"Here's a statue of one of the Mayan gods at Copan. I didn't take the guided tour, so I didn't get all the names. But they were all quite strange, like '18 rabbits'. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-god-statue2.jpg\" alt=\"Another god statue\" title=\"Here's another one of the elaborate god statues in the Grand Plaza. I think this is the one that was called '18 Rabbits', but don't quote me on it.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-grand-plaza.jpg\" alt=\"A shot the Grand Plaza from one of the raised temples\" title=\"A shot the Grand Plaza from one of the raised temples\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-grand-plaza2.jpg\" alt=\"The courtyard at the Grand Plaza\" title=\"A shot of a courtyard at the Grand Plaza\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-false-arch-structure.jpg\" alt=\"An example of the 'false arch' technique\" title=\"This is one of the buildings that utilizes the 'false arch' techique. This is something that started in Copan, and was relatively new in Mayan architecture.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-false-arch-structure2.jpg\" alt=\"another example of false arches\" title=\"Here's another building that uses the 'false arch' technique in its architecture. This was pretty big at the time, even the greeks and the romans couldn't figure out this method, according to the guides I listened in on ;-). \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-sports-field.jpg\" alt=\"A sports field close to Grand Plaza\" title=\"A sports field close to the Grand Plaza. Mayan royalty would watch these gladiator-type games, where the winners were sacrificed!\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-temple-courtyard.jpg\" alt=\"An arena where various sporting activities were held. And more sacrifices, I'm afraid...\" title=\"An arena where various sporting activities were held. And more sacrifices, I'm afraid...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-temple-with-altar.jpg\" alt=\"Another temple with an altar\" title=\"Here's a temple for one of the many Mayan gods, and the altar for it at the front of it.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-macaws.jpg\" alt=\"A bunch of free-roaming (but fairly tame) macaws feasting on some food that the park workers leave out for them.\" title=\"A bunch of free-roaming (but fairly tame) macaws feasting on some food that the park workers leave out for them.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-lotte-pauline.jpg\" alt=\"Lotte and Pauline after my visit to Copan's ruins\" title=\"Here's Lotte and Pauline, when we got together after my visit to the ruins. They had already been there, so didn't feel like doing it again. We had lunch at a nice little place in Copan Ruinas (the neighboring town minutes from the ruins). \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/copan-tony-lotte-lonelyplanet2.jpg\" alt=\"Lotte and me being backpackers\" title=\"Here's Lotte and I perusing the Lonely Planet book just like good backpackers should. It came naturally for them, but I had to really struggle to pull off the look of a 'backpacker', being a 'yachtie' and all.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next few shots are of Andiamo, waiting to go back into the water after doing its time in the La Ceiba shipyard. She&#8217;s got a nice new bottom coat of paint, repaired rudder, and a gleaming topside, that had been spot painted, waxed and buffed to a spit shine. Hope I can keep her looking like that for awhile!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/laceiba-boat-on-launch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Andiamo on the lift, waiting to go back into the water. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/laceiba-boat-on-launch2.jpg\" alt=\"Andiamo on the lift\" title=\"Andiamo on the lift\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/laceiba-boat-on-launch3.jpg\" alt=\"Andiamo on the lift\" title=\"Andiamo on the lift\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/laceiba-copan\/laceiba-boat-on-launch4.jpg\" alt=\"Andiamo on the lift\" title=\"Andiamo on the lift\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So in early May, Andiamo had to go into the boatyard to get some work done on her bottom and rudder. She was set to stay in the yard for about a week (actually ended up being 10 days). So with the cats comfortably being taken care of in Utila, I was free to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11881,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11880\/revisions\/11881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}