Tikal and Flores

I'm not at my most lucid right now cuz I've been running around in the Guatemalan jungle since 3 am today... but I'll try to recount my adventures anyways.


We took the bus from Dangriga to Belmopan to Benque where we got off to cross the Belizean border with a taxi and then mounted another bus to Santa Elena where a minivan finally took us to our destination of Flores.

In Flores we decided to sign up for the surise tour of Tikal, the biggest Mayan Archeological site. So that evening we took it easy, eating dinner on the lake in the rain and then going straight to sleep.

This morning we reluctantly woke up at 2:45 am and made our way downstairs where the minivan took us to the site of Tikal. By 5 am we were hurrily hiking our way through the rainforest to the summit of Temple IV, the highest temple in Tikal, where we were to sit and watch the sunrise.

Well, because of the low-lying fog we didn't get to see any sunrise, but we did get to see the tops of the temples slowly appear through the morning mist. We also got a 5 hour tour of the (huge) site and were able to see monkeys, toucans, and some bushy tailed animals whose name I've forgotten.



Now, we're back in the little tourist island of Flores where we're awaiting our 10pm nightbus to Guatemala City... its been a tiring day, but well worth it.