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Las Sepulturas

  • January 24, 2008
  • Rated 1 of 5 by Jose Kevo from Middle-of-Nowhere, Missouri
Las Sepulturas

The park's $15 admission fee also includes Las Sepulturas; believed to be a residential area for the upper crust. At height of Copán's tribal dynasty, a large causeway connected this to the plazas and temples. Today it's a questionable 2km-walk further continuing along the path which follows the highway.

Unless you're a diehard adventurer or Mayan scholar, there's no way this area could be anything but anticlimactic after what's seen in the main park. Considering what's actually found, I don't even recommend coming here first to salvage effort.

Supposed highlight is The House of Bacabs where tribe officials lived. Descriptions are enough to lure the unsuspecting, whom scan right over the word had, as in 'once was'. What remains are large clusters of foundational ruins, and that's it!

Even more dubious was the reception upon arrival. A trio of shady-acting characters scattered from the entry station, and the two which remained started acting real busy. There was nothing "official" looking about any of them and they had no interest seeing my ticket. A dusty roadway forked-off to the right but I was told to follow a foot-path through the forest on the left.

Thankful to escape the bad vibe, I hadn't gone far before coming to a cluster of mounds and architectural relics. Tranquility was shattered when one of the culprits stepped-out from behind a pile and just stared without saying anything. I asked what he wanted; he replied there were more ruins deeper in the forest. Shaking my head in approval, I meandered toward the direction he pointed and mosied around the bend. Trouble was, he followed!

I turned on my 6'4"-gait, heading deeper into the forest. If there was a band of hoodlums back there waiting to make something happen, I'm still not sure anyone would've found my body. Adrenaline had yet to subside by the time I eventually stumbled into the grouping of foundations. That was so not cool. I don't know if this guy was supposed to be a potential guide or what, but I was ready to find a big ol' stick and go back to beat some ass!

Needless to say, this whole segment plummeted from here; not that there was anything impressive to be seen from what I could tell. There is no official trail or markers through the labyrinth piles and I thought I'd never find the correct opening which led back towards the service trail originally veering-off behind the entrance station. The shiftless were all lying in the shade enjoying their opossum siestas. Tempted to go coondog on them, I kept right on walking.

Considering my besieged track record, I let paranoia get the best of me. But even without the bad experience, there was simply nothing worthwhile to merit coming the extra distance when time is better spent in the other section. If you do insist on coming, hire a guide from the main park!

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From journal Puzzled in the Valley of Deference

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