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My muddy leg at the end of Day 1. The following four days were the same.  
   

My muddy leg at the end of Day 1. The following four days were the same.

El Mirador: Trekking through the Mayan mud

December 13th 2013
I leapt back with leg muscles all aquiver whilst a less than manly sound escaped from my rapidly constricting throat. In the black of night, this shape was darker than shadow. An enormous, bulbous body skittered past my right foot and by all ten of my toes. I had come within a centimetre of stepping on the biggest tarantula my eyes had ever seen. Such are the perils of leaving your tent to relieve ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Petén Region » El Mirador

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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