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Bordertown -Melchor de Mencos We entered Guatemala overland from Belize after two nights in San Ignacio....
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yaxha - at the junction Here is the little tienda at the turnoff from the Melchor - Flores road that...
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yaxha - old faithful Our guide to Yaxha met us at the turnoff with his 4WD to take us up to the...
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yaxha ruins We decided to add Yaxha on to our Tikal trip because of the TV show Survivor...
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yaxha restoration in progress Yaxha isn't nearly as restored as Tikal, another good reason to visit the...
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yaxha with guide This is the top of the main Yaxha ruin (Temple of the Red Hands) with Lake...
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yaxha lake view View west from the Temple of the Red Hands across Lake Yaxha. Tikal is...
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tikal jungle lodge pool After Yaxha, we headed to Tikal and spent the night at the Tikal...
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tikal tree I forget the name of this variety of tree but if you go to Tikal and get a...
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tikal temple I This is the big guy on the main square. It looks like there aren't any...
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tikal view to main temple I liked this shot from behind Temple II looking at Temple I. Later I saw the...
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tikal - on the top of the world Literally on Top of the World (El Mundo Perdido-The Lost World)...
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tikal canopy 1 Temple IV taken from the top of El Mundo Perdido
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Temples III, II, I above the canopy Seeing these three temples above the jungle canopy, and the canopy as...
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tikal framed pyramid Temple III - can you imagine building this with no machinery?!
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tikal tortilla cooker We did a post tour lunch at one of the local places - guaranteed fresh...
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Hotel Casona Del Lago After Tikal we stayed in this hotel on the shores of Lake Peten Itza,...
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santa elena cerveccerias (beer bars) 12 Bars in a row - all with Gallo signs. Gallo (rooster) is the...
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old santa elena hotel This is where we stayed on our last Tikal trip, about 13 years ago. At...
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santa elena main street We walked through the market area, got some ice cream, changed money at the...
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santa elena bars 2 I loved this street, it cries out for a good painter to capture it....
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flores - boats on the lake
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flores boat on the shore Flores view from our hotel - the light from the setting sun was near perfect.
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Pizzaria Picasso in Flores In a perfect world, my margarita would be as big as his lemonade!
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flores airport - plane to bze Time to leave Guatemala. This is the plane we took from Flores to Belize...
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