Copan

by Hagan on March 18, 2009

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This is some other place in Guatemala on CA-9 before CA-10 south from Guatemala City. I stopped for a second because I had heard of the town for some reason and wanted to see what it was about. I didn’t really see much of anything but this church and a bunch of Guatemalans wondering why I had stopped in. I think the town has a name similar or the same as the town of the same name I was supposed to check out or I read the signs incorrectly.

Either way, I am certain that all these little towns in Central America have larger and more ornate places of worship than are necessary for the local population. This organized religion thing down here is worse than in the US, only the Christian monopoly seems more entrenched. Read more . . .

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