Flores

The Expidition begins!

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November 8th 2005
So we paid our guide today for the 6 day excursion into unknown jungles, and were quite happy to find we have a genuine guide who in fact does not speak a word of english. Should be interesting. Guess well push our spanish learning into high gear. We were all happy to find out we leave at 5 am tommorow...NOT Anyways, we have a donkey and were not sure what to name it yet, somebody to manage ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Petén Region » Flores

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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 experience... ... read more