Tikal Practicalities
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Tikal Practicalities May 27, 2006
Some info that might come in handy if you're planning on visiting Tikal:
Visiting hours are from 6 o' clock in the morning till 6 in the evening. Lots of people stay after hours (which is not allowed) to see the sunrise on top of one of the pyramids. Entrance fees are 50,- quetzales for foreign nationals and 15,- for Guatemalan nationals. The museum charges a separate entrance fee (Q 10,- for foreigners and Q2,- for Guatemalans). It is small but worth the entrance price. Tickets are valid for one day and are bought at the main entrance of the park. They should be presented at the ticket stand near the area of the ruins (where you can also purchase maps and picture-books about the site). Tickets bought after 3 o'clock are also valid for the next day (ask for this, no-one told us voluntarily). At the visitors centers is a scale model of the site. Check it out. It helps with some orientation (it's easy to get lost in the park). Also, there are some small restaurants in front of the visitors center. They offer better and cheaper food than at the visitor's center itself.  Part of the Guatemala & Belize 2006 travel blog
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Feb 18, 2008
Got talked into heading up to Tikal the night before and staying up there. I was told it was a good experience and there was supposed to be a nice symphony of jungle sounds. It wansn't any more expensive for me to camp than stay in …practice his English. He can't afford lessons so this is the only way he can practice.
Took a bus around the lake through El Remate and up toward Tikal. The mini bus was a quality unit...and I thought my truck… THX Certified Dolby Digital 7.1 Concert |
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Jan 15, 2008
Today was an eye-opener to say the least.
Hello from Guatemala-
-where many people live in shanty shacks
-where the dogs and other livestock roam injured and starving in the streets
-where there is not enough money to provide purified city dri…practiced human sacrifice - sometimes to appease the Gods and sometimes to provide an important city resident who had died with a slave in the afterlife. Eventually they dissolved as a society. And yet, for all of that, they lived so much more… Day 3: Tikal, Guatemala |
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Jan 22, 2003
We had set our alarm for 4 o’clock, so that we would be able to see the sun rise from Templo IV. We said our goodbyes to Tally and Laura, who were taking the bus back to Mexico today, and started walking towards the temple.As the park was still cl…practice that you could simply consider it an entrance fee.
From the top of the temple it was fantastic to see how it slowly got lighter, and the jungle slowly (very slowly) awoke. It was quite cloudy, so no fiery red skies, but the mist… Day 43: Parque Nacional Tikal |
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