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Amazing view from Caracol

Each of the triangular hills you can see in the background is another temple / building. This panorama was the same through 360 degrees... The total site is 177 square kilometres!


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Guatemalan  Flag 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]
Blog: Tikal your fancy?
Date: November 20th 2007

I'm allowing myself one dodgy pun heading a month. I don't know how it's happened, but I've got a few absolutely blinding days to add to my blog! Upon arrival in San Ignacio we were immediately set upon by a series of full on tour guides, each more aggressive and determined than the last! Whilst I was busy attempting to fend them off with my typically British reserve, one particularly wrink ... read more


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