Blogs from Petén Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 46

d.6-8. April Lidt impulsivt besluttede jeg at tage med Ben som jeg moedte pa Caye Caulker til Tikal i Guatemala - hoert at det var helt vildt flot men havde ikke lyst til at tage hele den vej alene saa da jeg nu havde mulighed for at foelges med en tog jeg chancen. Vi boede i byen Flores og tog om morgenen en minibus til Tikal - og flot var det - ligger midt i regnskoven og aber, papegoejer m.m. er bare overalt omkring en... og udsigten var ogsaa bare helt vild! Haaber det kan ses paa billederne... Rigtig glad for at jeg tog afsted og lige fik den oplevelse med ogsaa:)... read more

We arrived in Flores after an uncomfortable journey in the afternoon. The main point in coming to Flores was to visit the huge Mayan ruins in Tikal. For me, after discovering the Incan empire, and visiting Copan, I decided not to go to Tikal, ruined out by now! Flores is a small Island and is just for the tourists who do go to Tikal, so its littered with all the touristy gift shops, and not much else goes on here. It is fairly relaxing, so after a walk around the Island, that night we headed out for the usual meal, a nice Italian this time. The next day ( Saturday ), was the excursion to Tikal, so I just hung around the Island again, and watched Man Utd on tv!! That night there was yet again ... read more

Hola, Over the past three days Travis and I camped amongst the ruins of Tikal. We had our first experience sleeping in our hammocks which was fun and takes some funky body positions to get it right. At our arrival day one we treked the entire complex which took the all day and before exiting the park we climbed temple "El Mundo Perdido" meaning "the lost world" and watched the sun set over the jungle canopy. Day two we revisited our favorite temples including temple 1V which is the largest on site. From the top one can see the entire jungle canopy as well as a few of the other large temples that stand taller than the trees. One german traveler that we met showed us a picture of a scene from an early Star Wars ... read more

Apres un passage de la frontiere et un trajet plutot laborieux, quelle joie de me retrouver dans ce site extraordinaire! Rappelez vous Xunantunich, et bien la les ruines sont bien plus hautes (jusqu'a 60m) et pour y acceder on doit se faire des petites rando dans le jungles environnantesm en compagnie des Singes Araignees, Singes Hurleurs, perroquets et autres toucans... Il y a auss des petits mammiferes avec un long nez et une grande queue qui m'ont fait le plaisir de venir traverser le chemin au moment meme ou je passais par la, pas farouche les betes! Un peu d'histoire: Tikal est une cite tres veille (elle debuta vers 600 av JC) je crois mais son apogee fut vraiment vers le fin de la periode classique, vers 700 apres JC, periode pendant laquelle la cite s'etalait ... read more

We left Belize this am, first in "collective" taxi to the border and then a collective mini bus to Flores. The collectives collect passengers til they are full to bursting....it cost $3.oo for a 2 hour trip! Belize was really wonderful! The people are charming and kind and helpful and the country itself is beautiful. We spent our last few days staying at the Parrot Nest in Bullet Tree Falls (named after the rapids there in the Mopan river...and the trees which are made of very hard wood...bullets will bounce off them). The Parrot Nest was great....the manager, who is the owners' daughter, cooks breakfast and dinner for guests and the food was delicious.... Many Americans are settling in the area...both to retire and to start tourism businesses. It is very easy to become a Belize ... read more