Tikal Travel Blogs - Page 5

"iguana" tour with "tucan travel." we started in cancun and went through, belize, guatemala, honduras, back to guatemala, and endend in Antigua guatemala. this tour was exellent, met alot of great people, any saw soo many breathtaking places.

am freitag geht es in einer endlos scheinenden fahrt (von 08 uhr bis 15 uhr, ohne essenspause, eingepfercht in einen minibus mit viel zu kurzen rueckenlehnen und drei nervigen links-aussen-sozi-spanierinnen, welche bei jedem bankomat den busfahrer anhalten lassen, um zu testen ob sie geld holen koe…

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After breakfast at the hotel on Friday morning we booked a tour (just the ride to and from the hotel) to Tikal. It is one of the largest archaeological sites. Being sneaky, Robert pretended we were both locals and got us into the park for 75% off of what tourists pay! We also did this at the zoo …

We arrived in Tikal on the 14th and stayed at the ruins at the Jaguar Inn.  I almost wasted my 50 quetzal ticket to the ruins by trying to wait out a rainstorm that never arrived, but they let us in right before closing so we got to see the main plaza without the hot sun and hordes of tourists…

After celebrating a low-key New Years in the Jungle, we signed up for the day-tour to Tikal, in northern Guatemala.  It was better than I ever expected.  We had lunch at a small restaurant on a lake a few miles south of the site. 

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 drinking water -where of course, irregardless of al…

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The plan was to see a lot of places in a short amount of time, which I think we accomplished because we all felt satisfied even before the trip ended

1 day in Tikal, Guatemala!

Another whirlwind tour this time through Central America

Quick trip to Guatemala for some backpacking to Tikal and then off to Belize for some sun and sand.

Our route through Central and South America..

A very beautiful travel to Guatemala, little bit of Honduras, Belize and little bit of Southern Mexico. I saw great places, enjoyed very funny activities and meeting some very nice people (You are one of them Juan Carlos!)

We woke up early to get to the Guatemalan frontier. We get there with a taxi, we changed our money and cross the border. There we find a bus that goes to Santa Elena which is the big town near Flores. There we find a bus to Tikal but first we go to Flores to the hostel Los Amigos. After that we ate…