Guatemala: Hurricane Earl and Tikal


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Published: August 6th 2016
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Dear All Saludos! Greetings from air-conditioned luxury! Post-Hurricane Earl, I survived – lol! Well, there was no kind of doubt that I wouldn’t survive it, but it was an experience of a lifetime, definitely something to tick off my travel list, and deep down, I must admit, I was actually kind of hoping there’d be a hurricane while I was here (it is currently hurricane season in the Caribbe... Read Full Entry



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Tikal
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View from Templo IV

Star Wars view
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Ceiba Tree

Mayans consider this tree sacred, a conduit between the underworld (the roots), the earth (trunk) and the heavens (branches and leaves)



7th August 2016

Blue skies...
Despite recent hurricane weather, it's nice that you had blue skies for your visit to Tikal. No toucan, but you saw an agouti! :)
7th August 2016

Blue Skies
Indeed - the difference in weather from the day before was just amazing! The good old agouti :)
7th August 2016

Surviving Earl
Glad all went well. Storms are so unpredictable and yes they generally move very slow. I can read your love of Guatemala in your blogs. So glad the hotel help were not concerned and were busy preparing breakfast. Just another day. Take care and keep these wonderful blogs coming.
7th August 2016

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Aw, thanks very much! You guys take care too :)

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