Trek to Tikal, Guatemala

View of Lago de Peten Itza
The view from our hotel in Flores, El Mirador.

Flores Street w/ Motorcylce
Flores is an island, the streets are cobblestoned and they twist up...

Flores Alley-way
The buildings are all very colorful & individual.

Our Room in Flores
Here's another aqua-turquoise blue room that we stayed in. We...

Public Service Mural
You know I HAD to take a picture of this!

Daron Doing His Part
And of course, Daron had to have HIS picture taken with it... lovely, huh?

Green & Yellow Foliage
I really liked this plant! So spunky!

Pack-Horses Before Trek
Daron & I decided to do a 3-day ~35-mile trek to Tikal, instead of just...

Cruce Dos Aguadas
This is a traditional village (in a traditional country) where the...

Startin' on the Trail
Day 1, just the beginning... This was the only time in 3 days that the horses...

Bienvenidos a El Zotz
Night-1 was spent at the Biological Preserve of El Zotz ('the...

Mass Exodus I
Before sunset, we hiked ~20 mins from our campsite to this amazing...

Mass Exodus II
The sky was BLACK with bats! Supposedly, this is 1 of the largest...

Mass Exodus III
With the sunset behind them, these bats were quite a sire- 3 types:...

Cliff Face
VERY daunting and huge wall of rock! & You should have seen all...

La Mesa de la Maya
This is where we had our delicious veggie soup w/ handmade (thick...

El Mirador at El Zotz
Unearthed Maan ruin at El Zotz. This preserve does not get many...

article published 12/15/2007

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