Guatemala Express - Livingston, Flores, Tikal

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August 21st 2008

Published: August 25th 2008

Hi Chicos and welcome to another update by David - this time the focus will be on our time spent in Guatemala. Our first destination in Guatemala was the town of Livingston, a wonderful quaint port town situated on the mouth of the Rio Dulce River at the gulf of Honduras. Our journey commenced with a sense of urgency as soon as we disembarked from the ferry (from Roatan) at La Ceiba in Hondura... Read Full Entry

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Tucking into 'Tapado'

A local Caribbean speciality - fresh crab, shrimp and whole fish in a delicious coconut based soup served together with plantains (a local hard,green banana). A must have dish when in Livingston and absolutely delicious.

Kayaking on the Rio Dulce

It was all fun and games until we lost everyone else and had to power our way up and down the river looking for our pick up spot.

Asking for Directions

Liesel helping us find our bearings after getting lost on our kayaking trip.

A little girl floating by in her dug out canoe

A bloom springs to life on the Rio Dulce

Cruising down the Rio Dulce

Water lilies on the Rio Dulce

A Great Place to Live

One of many river front homesteads.

Enjoying the cruise

An old fortress standing guard at the entrance to Rio Dulce town

A hot and sweaty wait for the bus to Flores

In the end it was more like a mini-bus with 32 people squashed inside a 24 seater... for 4 hours!

Our cleared out mini-bus

Looking nothing like the big air conditioned bus it was advertised to be!! But hey, it got us there in one piece.

Hotel Casa Azul

Our base in Flores.

Breakfast Flores Syle

One of our favourite eating spots in the vibrant town of Flores.

A map of Tikal- the magnificent ancient Mayan city

A tourist in Tikal

He looks familiar...

Climbing the rickety steps up to Temple II in the Grand Plaza

On top of Temple II

Behind us is the Grand Plaza

Temple V - The Temple of Venus

This temple is 58m high and was built around AD700.

A straight vertical climb to the top of Temple V

If anyone took a tumble going up or down these stairs it would have been tickets for all of us.

Julio, our very knowledgeable guide

Here he was explaining to us how the Mayan temples were built in precise alignment to one another so that the sun's shadows at different times of the year enabled them to establish the summer and winter equinoxes.

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