Blogs from Petén Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 12

Unser Tagesziel waren die Maya-Ruinen von Tikal. Zuvor hatten wir aber dem Inselörtchen Flores im See Petén Itza einen Besuch abgestattet. Es war wie immer drückend schwül und die meisten Nichteinheimischen saßen bei kühlenden Getränken im Schatten. Nach einer kurzen Rundtour zu Fuß entschlossen wir uns zu einem Bad im See. Einige Amerikaner aus dem nahen Hotel waren auch schon am Steg und sprangen mit uns ins (wenn auch nicht besonders abkühlende) Naß (ca. 24 Grad Wassertemperatur). Man hätte sogar zu einer nahen Museumsinsel schwimmen können. Doch eine schwarze Regenfront zeigte sich am Himmel. Während wir anschließend noch im Supermarkt in St. Elena einkaufen waren, prasselte auch schon ein heftiger Tropenregen aufs Gebäudedach. Der Run zum Auto ließ uns dann ein zweites Mal am Tag naß werden. Doch bis nach Tikal waren es weitere 60 km. ... read more

Sorry-pics aren't in the right order but I'm losing patience with the website... I had a terrible night sleep. The walls between the rooms were paper thin and I had one side with a snorer and the other with 2 blokes chatting loudly until the early hours. I think by the time they stopped, it must have been 2am, which was roughly the time when the dogs starting barking and the cockerels started crowing. I thought to myself “Why? It's the middle of the night... Aren't you supposed to start crowing when the day breaks?” In the end, I was awake before my alarm even went off, so I left the hotel at about 5.15am as it was still pitch black. I had heard that the transport to Tikal started from 5.30am, so I intended to ... read more

Mayan ruins are amazing! I spent 5 days hiking to and from El Mirador in Northern Guatemala. I started in FLores wich is a small little island town on the edge of a lake. Flores is total chill, I spent my days swimming in the lake and reading in hammocks. On my second day day there I left for a 5 day adventure to see the tallest Mayan Pyramid yet discovered(72 meters tall!). With 3 friends ( 2 Dutch and 1 German) that I met in Lanquin we headed to FLores to arrange out trip. THe tour operator said we needed at least 6 people to get a lower price to we picked up 2 Austrilans and were ready to go the next morning. While waiting for our bus we found that there was another ... read more

I feel like saying Happy New Year! I don't know why. Happy almost new month! This morning we got up & had salty eggs & the most delicious drink. They're called Licuados here & they blend fresh fruit with either water or milk & serve. Yummmm! I had a Papaya Licuado this morning with water. MMMMM! Mircos came to gather us up calling to us "hey gringos." :) That's us! We gathered our things & headed for the road to catch our mini bus. After walking in the hot hot sun for about 25 minutes a bus arrived & picked us up. We paid our $1.50 each for the hour bus ride into Santa Ilena, the town just next to Flores. The ride was fairly uneventful & we were just grateful that the bus wasn't jam ... read more

Well its been a bit since a posted something here but it seems the farther north I travel the crappier the internet connections seem to be. Since I last posted I have seen and done a lot. I hiked a volcano! Volcano Pacaya to be exact. It is a small volcano near Antigua. As far as Antigua goes, I did not care too much for it. It i full of of gringos and all you hear is english. Which also explains why everything was overpriced there as well. The volcano was amazing. I didn't get to see any lava as it had just exploded last spring but we did get to toast marshmallows over some flames there and walk into a steam cave! It was definitely the highlight of Antigua for me. I spent about 4 ... read more