We arrived in Tikal on Friday afternoon. We checked into the Jungle Lodge, an eco hotel that only runs electricity for a few hours in the morning, again in the afternoon and for a few hours in the evening. The hotel was originally the lodgings for archeologists that excavated the ruins in the sixties. With no electricity, we had nothing else to do but take a late afternoon hike in the jungle. When you first walk in to Tikal park you are immediately surrounded by the sounds of birds and howler monkeys (that sound more like roaring monkeys!) You see thick green leaves, you feel the humidity, you smell the earth and hear the sounds of life around you. Quite a sensory experience. We spotted some colorful turkeys, some species of deer we don't have in
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