Articles tagged ‘tikal’
Photos: Tikal
By Eric | February 21st, 2007 |
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Continuing on with the photo follow-up to our adventures so far. Here’s a look at the Mayan ruins of Tikal in the wilds of Peten, Guatemala.
We arrived at 7 a.m. off of a packed mini-van of other tourists from the town of Flores. The first several hundred meters of trails with in the park wind [...]
Dispatch: Central America Day 4 -Tikal, Guatemala
By Eric | February 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
We visted the ancient ruins of Tikal today, and I most definitely will get many photos up just as soon as I find a suitable USB port. Here in Flores, I’m on an outdated computer that is miraculously somehow running Windows Vista in Spanish, no doubt pirated, but it seems to be lacking an USB [...]
Apocolypto for Real: Trekking the Mayan Backcountry
By Eric | January 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A few options for possible side trips on next month’s adventure to the Mayan Trail in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and beyond have come to my attention: One is the great mystery of El Mirador, a ruin accessible only by a two day hike or pricey helicopter ride in the backcountry of Guatemala. A short [...]
Adventure Planning: The Cancun To Guate Challenge
By Eric | January 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As you may have noticed from the itinerary for the trip I posted earlier, we’ve got about four days to make it from our arrival in Cancun to the check-in date at our honeymoon hotel in Antigua, Guatemala. Now, to avoid too much backtracking, we’d like to also be able to fit in some time [...]
