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Freaky pink trees

I love those trees...but they do give me the heebie-jeebies for some reason. Up close they look like big bunches of pink cotton wool and I have a dreadful fear that those are going to fly up my noise, drop some seeds and then I'd have a little pink tree growing out of my nose. I guess one too many times where my teacher told me as a kid not to eat orange seeds unless I wanted an orange tree growing in my tummy.
Tikal - Mayan bloodbaths of yesteryear

March 26th 2010
If you're a fan of stone passageways, secret corridors, temple entrances hidden behind waterfalls, and counter-weighted floor plates that trigger traps and open doors ... go play tomb raider. But if you want to see real Mayan temples used by real Mayan folks for real purposes, then Tikal is one of the largest remaining Mayan sites today. Much of its remains are very much in their original stat ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Petén Region » Tikal

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
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