Background: The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000 people dead and had created some 1 million refugees.
July 20th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal Hello friends...Its taking me a while to post new entries, I know I'm a bit behind I'm just having too much fun and keep forgeting to post.
Tikal is the largest excavated site in the American cont ... 33 photos[full story]
July 19th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal Los Amigos is one of the best hostels I've stayed in. Located in Flores, the tourist stop for Tikal, Matthias and his friends have created a haven of tranquility, good food, great people and amazing d ... 11 photos[full story]
July 14th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal
We've seen the last of Flores and got on a 'direct' bus to Lanquin at 9am this morning. We're still suffering from the gut bomb likely delivered by Restaurant Brisas and I wasn't able to try the "T ... 12 photos[full story]
July 13th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal
We´ve spent the past couple days in Flores, which is just half an hour or so away from El Remate on the lake. Flores sits on an island on the lake called Lago de Peten Itza. Flores is unlike any o ... 9 photos[full story]
July 2nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal The answer is one more. No honestly it's true. I feel i should share an interesting experience with you. On a recent trip to a market town - Chichicastenango (3 hours away from where we were in Lago d ... [full story]
June 28th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal We left Mexico with a long slow drive to the border. Roads aren't too bad here but when they have speed bumps at every village that are only a couple of Kms apart, it is quite a long drive. Our trip ... 8 photos[full story]
June 17th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal Well sorry its been so long since the last blog.....but its hard to keep up with when you get to a town and want to see everything....and not spend time on the computer (which also costs money). We ha ... [full story]
April 21st 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal Hola!!
How are you all? well, we're in Guatemala at the moment and its boling hot here! In fact it keeps getting hotter each country we go to...
Cuba seems like such a long time ago now, but i ... [full story]
April 18th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal More pictures of Palenque, Mexico; Flores and Tikal, Guatemala. It´s been nice to be back in Guatemala, where somehow I can speak Spanish again. Finished with the mini-ruins tour, and tomorrow I´m o ... 19 photos[full story]
April 18th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal Hey there ladies and gents,
The boys and I have recently left the beautiful Belize and have now arrived in Guatemala!
Our first stop in Belize was the farming town of Orange Walk. Its industry ... [full story]
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