It has been a long time since the last time I wrote and there have been several days of crazy adventures and Mayan Ruins. From Belize we traveled back to Guatemala... to Flores, which is an island on a lake in Northern Guatemala. The main reason people go to Flores is to visit the famous Mayan Ruins, Tikal, although the little town is nice (but expensive). The ruins are more then I would have ever expected, what makes them even more amazing is the jungle that surrounds them. As you climb to the top of a ruin you can hear all sorts of animals, growling, howling, chirping, etc. (I promise to put up pictures soon). Aditionally, it was quite incredible that they had almost the whole village uncovered... there was like a central area and then
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