A howler monkey

Flores and Tikal

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November 18th 2006
Guatemala: Flores and Tikal The border crossing from Belize into Guatemala was a bit interesting. They have a compulsory bribe of about 3 dollars you have to pay to be allowed across and apart from that they barely look at your passport and the actual border looks like a market. We just kinda meandered through the throng of people and were told that if anyone wanted to search our bags we would ... 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