El Remate Travel Blogs

Mein Gott I couldn't quite believe it when I rocked up in El Remate.  The reason I was here was a chance encounter with a swiss couple within a milkshake emporium in El Estor.  They said "don't go to Flores because you can't swim.  Go to El Remate instead."  So I did and what a…

The northeastern third of Guatemala contains less than 5 percent of its population, and is mostly jungle.  Pretty cool, er, well, it´s hot too. The main draw is Tikal, the heart of the Mayan empire for 1000 years.  My plan was to make 2 visits to see sunset there when the jungle com…

We discovered to our horror that on leaving Mexico we had to pay around 15 quid each to leave (237 pesos each). Of course we didn`t have this much Mexican money left after being told in Palenque that we only had to pay about a fiver`s worth of Mexican money. The immigration bloke told us to go back…

It started with an under water video project on sailing yacht ALDEBARAN in Belize and it went on with travelling through this beautiful country with my lovely friend Gwen. The pictures are telling my story ...

Ok, my Spanish sucks, and unlike Mexico, Guatemalian´s do not speak alot of English. We´ve been getting by on the 5 words I picked up from 3 yrs of High School Spanish. I really wish I would have paid more attention in school. Oh well, we´re in Tikal and we just got done seeing some pretty …

La Casa Don David offer rooms and cabanas with an on site restaurant that is just 15 mins. from the Tikal Park and 25 mins. from Flores. The room are clean with double beds, fan and tile baths. Most have hot water. I have stayed here twice with no complaints. The room rates begin at around $15 us p…