Guatemala, a rocky but good experience


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Published: May 26th 2008
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Arrival to Guatemala was fairly smooth; I was to meet up with a woman named Carla Rumsey who wanted to come help as her daughter was working the volunteer project, which had brought me to Guatemala. This went well, but we ended up getting over charged by our supposed cheap transport from the airport. This was frustrating, but nothing to dwell on. Spent a night in Antigua and then off to the pro... Read Full Entry



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A glimpse of what Guatemala is like.
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El Zoltz to Tikal

Bats exiting the cave.
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El Zoltz to Tikal

El Zoltz is Mayan for "The Bat", you can see why from the thousands exiting the caves at evening.
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View the Mayans would have had from on top of a well grown over temple.
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The first camp site.
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A big tree and me.
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Lunch is seved.
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Smaller temple.
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View of Temple 3, if I remember right.
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Temple 5
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View from on top of Temple 5
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The main acropolis
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Side view of the acropolis.
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Cool tree,
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View from above.
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The entrance of the limestone bridge.
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Pools from above.
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Me climbing waterfalls.
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The exit of the natural wonder.
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Cave I climbed into from the waterfall.
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More cave.



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