Copan Ruins

Copan Ruins

Copan Ruinas, Honduras

Reviewed May 12th, 2006

See the bars on the windows? Bathroom theft is common in this area of the world. People wake up to discover that entire restrooms have vanished without a trace, only to be resold on the gray market. Everything for a price. Therefore, the bars keep the restrooms stationary. A millitary guy, also known in local parlance as a "soldier" with an M-16 rifle at the Copan Ruins also helps.

At Copan you can pay to see the ruins, the museum or the tunnels. We did all three and although the museum features the greatest Maya artisanship of the ancient world, the tunnels proved to be an educational experience as well. Deep beneath the living quarters of the ruling elite, to the left of the fearsome underworld deity, one finds an underworld toilet. It was here, in this place, far, far, far below the Earth that certain deeds were done, and not done dirt cheap and sent via complex system of astrologically determined aqueducts into the Pacific ocean and out to sea. In this way, the nobles sent a piece of themselves on the great journey long before their immortal souls were destined to do so, thus securing their place among the infinitude of the infinite, for all time.

Really, you need to get down here and check this out.

- Justin Teerlinck

RESTROOM RATING: 9
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