snippety crickets

Ruins, caves and other adventures

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September 1st 2008
23rd Agosto- Flores Up at 3am, zombies piling into a van to go to the sunrise tour of the Mayan ruins at Tikkal. Eerie amazing walk to the sunrise point;walking only by the moonlight we were surrounded by the noise of screaming howler monkeys who were swinging around in the trees above us. When we had panted and wheezed our way up to the tallest of the Mayan pyramids we sat in silence as the sk ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » San Pedro La Laguna

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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