Blogs from Tikal, Petén Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Behold the mighty Tikal We decided to take the back route to Tikal from Coban via a town named Chisec, where there were supposed less visited touristic attractions. Well we can tell you why they are less visited - the attractions are overpriced and quite frankly boring, the town of Chisec itself I guess is ok but has no tourist infrastructure apart from an overpriced hotel that we now wish we had stayed at. Instead we went for the local trucker motel, which instantly gave Karen a migraine due to the room looking like it had recently been a site for a murder - in fact we chose a room without an ensuite as the solitary room with a toilet in it had it conveniently placed next to your head when you slept in your ... read more

So we wake up in our Belie hotie with no AC and passing out half drunk but not really drunk at all... we end up getting not the best sleep in the world. When our alarm goes off for 730 am, we are both pretty trhilled. We grab some coffee from down stairs and sit out on our blacony, watching the sun rise and shooting the shit. Eventually we pack up and head to the bus terminal, only to find that we had gained an hour somewhere and we are extremely early for our bus. After grabbing some fresh fruit we sit in the bus lobby atching CNN report about how the financial world is melting down. We both feel a touch of happiness considering we are in Belize heading to an ancient Mayan ruin site ... read more

Tikal Tikal! We woke up at 5am for the sunrise tour this morning at Tikal. The shuttle was a little late but it was light at 515 when we walked out to catch it and the sun was surprisingly high at 6am when we neared the outskirts of the park. While waiting, we had a nice chat with a fellow staying here at don david who lives in Santa Fe but comes to Portland twice a year to tango. He went to Tikal yesterday and has been all over the world. He said Tikal was better than other mayan sites, machu pichu, and ruins he´s seen in Ecuador and Peru. as if we needed more to convince us this is a special place! We left the group that we´d shared the shuttle with when they stopped ... read more

Hi All So after the BIG rains and Hurricane we went to see the great pyramids of Tikal and did a 7 day Trek in the Jungle, where we also saw loads of ruins. Now I have to tell you something Technical. We can only post pictures taken with the small camera, so youll see loads of jungle but not many pyramids, they are in the other camera! Anyway the trek was WOAW, though. We had a lot of: Mud, Mud, Mud, Mosquitoes, Ticks, scorpions, cockroaches, Tarentula, birds, Toucan, Froggs, toads, monkeys, rain, pyramids, heat, humidity, mold, smelly clothes We had none of: Comfort, Vegetables and Fruits, real showers, hotels, fan, beds, But it was great, we had some magical, strange experiences too: We saw 2 pumas although they are never together, we went through a ... read more

Another long day trip to see the moon eclipse in Tikal withouth knowing if I would be able to get inside the ruines. The trip begun at 7 in the morning and I was around 4 in the afternoon right at time at Tikal ruines. As usual, I got lucky and was able to get one of the only two rooms left there. No hamuck, no tent, no dormitory was available. About 400 to 500 people were gathered to see the eclipse in the way an ancient Maya may have experienced before. After meeing couple of friends that I had met in other places (one of the from Finca Tatin, who was bitten by a black scorpion in front of my eyes), we got inside the ruines just before the sun set. Different groups were gathered ... read more