Flores to Semuc Champey
June 18th 2006 Having recharged the batteries at the Finca Ixobel, I boarded a bus for the Island town of Flores which sits on the Lago de Peten Itza in the Peten region of the Country. This town would be our base camp for the next 2 days, and our launching point for exploration of the impressive Mayan ruins of Tikal.
Peten´s capital is a very small town; it was possible to walk the inner ring road in about
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