Sunset on the lake

Flores

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January 29th 2009
Today we caught a local minivan by standing at the side of the street. We felt very 'local' doing that. (but we found out later they charged us more than the locals.) Then we had fun poking about a cute little town called Flores. We took a tuk tuk cab (a three wheeled vehicle) It held three grown ups besides the driver and one youth on his way to school who befriended us on the bus and made sur ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Petén Region » Flores

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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