Flores, Guatemala Travel Blogs

The Last of Guatemala
Apr 26, 2006 (5 photos)

... years later), the locals were worshipping a statue of the horse as a manifestation of the Mayan rain god, Chac. Flores is nice, though everything is geared toward the tourist industry. Lots of travel agencies, hotels, and non-typico restaurants. We ...

Survivor
Aug 11, 2005 (7 photos)

I woke up very early in Antigua and a shuttle brought me to the Guatemala airport. I got out at the domestic airport. It wasn't an airport really. They brought me to this office where they brought people in to check in. It was boring to be there. But the ...

Breaking and entering
Dec 9, 2006

Even though I was in bed by about 20.00, I donīt feel remarkably good today and nor does Dave.   We are due to leave today but first have to pick up our laundry from down the road.  Noone there.  Go for breakfast. Return to laundry.& ...

Flores and Tikal
Sep 24, 2006 (12 photos)

... didn't do it for me (but I will come back at some point and check out the Yucatan area and maybe reassess my option). However Guatemala is an amazing place. It seems to be so much more greener than Mexico. We are only here for five days but, given the ...

Flores and the Money Man
Mar 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... machine and pulled out about ten cards and said take which one is yours,  ahhh the double edged sword of the convenience of Guatemala.  And, of course, there was no money in my account.  Money Man managed to clear out my account in one day ...

Ahh! You Want a Bribe?
Mar 15, 2007 (50 photos)

... we help a corrupt customs guy, especially when we're near the end of our trip and are basically broke!   On the Guatemala side of the border things changed.  The road went from being fairly well kept to majorly bumpy with massive (I mean ...

Crossing another border
Apr 7, 2004

Today I left Belize and entered Guatemala. Back to speaking spanish again. It is an AMAZING country ... amazingly cheap too. I went to the ATM machine for the first time and had no problems. I was so happy it worked, I took out $100 Quetzales, grabbed ...

North to Mayan ruins
Dec 8, 2006 (13 photos)

Was scary arriving in Guatemala City last night.  Was only about 1900 but was pitch black and for ages we didnīt see a soul on the streets just steel shutters across EVERY building.  Not encouraging. We did find some people eventually and even ...

Flores and hub to fantastic Mayans ruins
Oct 12, 2007 (9 photos)

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Flores - Lakeside Retreat
Feb 22, 2004 (5 photos)

... tour just a few hours after we had set off. We spent the majority of the afternoon securing tickets for a flight to Guatemala City the following day. Eventually, having walked to the airport and back, we established that it was actually cheaper to get ...

Mayan mystique meets Star Wars
Jan 31, 2005 (10 photos)

Waking up to the eery silence of the jungle before dawn we boarded the 5AM bus for the town of Flores, Guatemala, deciding to take the direct route and skip Bonampak and Yaxchilan. Mexico was proving a strain on the budget, and we had bigger Mayan ruins to ...

Illegal Alien
Apr 11, 2004 (5 photos)

... my passport stamped but later learned from other travelers that that was the Belize exit stamp. So I had no entry stamp for Guatemala and I am an illegal alien. Apparently, there was a small shack I was supposed to stop at for the stamp but the Guatemala ...

Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum
Dec 8, 2006 (4 photos)

Go to the internet, call my sister to wish her a belated happy birthday. Go to the supermarket and buy cream cheese and crackers.  Discover Bacardi Gold is about 3 pound fifty a bottle. Sit on the balcony with the rum and coke.  Meet a couple ...

Flores - Departure for El Mirador
Oct 15, 2007

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Rebel base on Yavin IV: Flores, Guatemala
Sep 7, 2007 (5 photos)

... tried to get out of Flores as quick as possible, it was expensive (in relation to most of Guatemala).  Today (Friday) we then headed for Dangriga in Belize via Belmopan.  We bought our ticket from Flores to Belmopan ...

Guatemala the Mayan land
Mar 11, 2005 (38 photos)

... the people, Belizian people make it appear as though they are very busy doing nothing (or it may be true!!). Our crossing into Guatemala was pretty straightforward if not a tad costly, but it saved us on time. you pay monies to various offficials, but for ...

Talk Like An Egyptian
Feb 8, 2006 (3 photos)

Flores, Guatemala - Maybe it's just the latitude talking but I feel like I am getting close to home. Ten countries into my overland trip from southern Brazil to the Pacific Northwest and there is only the vast nation of Mexico separating me from the good ...

Flores
Mar 14, 2005 (3 photos)

... so required to see the most important ruins. Some of the climbs included very high rickety ladders. Time to leave Guatemala behind. The traditional Mayan people are just lovely. They are small people, gentle, caring with colourful clothes. They never ...

Flores - the fragrant city, thatīs city with an sh
Jun 30, 2005 (5 photos)

Flores is a beautiful if touristy paradise in northern Guatemala. The small city is located in the middle of a huge lake accessible by bridge. It is a welcomed contrast to Coban, the Pflugerville of Guatemala (or the Croydon of Guatemala to those in the ...

Flores
Dec 1, 2004

Hi Guys, You can read our update from Flores and Tikal in our entry from Antigua, Guatemala entitled 'The Last of Our Real Adventures - For a While......'. Cheers, K & S

El Peten, Guatemala
Nov 24, 2001 (2 photos)

We woke up early. I criticized Juliette's flower dress, I told her we're going to Guatemala, not going shopping on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. I didn't mean to yell at her, she looked good however, but border crossing to Guate can be chaotic, and she ...

Flores, Guatemala
Jul 15, 2009 (14 photos)

Sadly we left Caye Caulker and returned to Belize City, where we caught a four-hour bus ride to Flores, Guatemala. The air-conditioned 'first-class' enormo-bus that we paid for turned out to be a NON-air-conditioned mini bus with room for five people. Wasn ...

Flores Guatemala
Oct 11, 2007

... and made all the males exit the bus. It was kinda annoying but in about 15 mins it was over and i went back to slep. I arived in Flores Guatemala at 5am and got to my hotel at 6 am and got a shuttle to Tikal at 7 am. I spent all day in Tikal visiting all ...

El Mirador - 5 Days Hiking in the Jungle
Aug 16, 2008 (19 photos)

The beer tastes good, I have been visualising this moment on and off for five days and with great intensity over the past two. The brand is Gallo, but that is an insignificant detail, what is important is the frosted bottle and the pleasurable ease with ...

lets go to guatemala
Jun 12, 2007 (24 photos)

... looked very nice and we kind of felt sad that we did not take the time for a longer stay here. The boarder crossing to Guatemala was funny (later), we first had to pay 15 dollar each for just driving trough the country and then in the no mans land ...

Guatemala - Tikal and Flores (rest of pics)
Feb 11, 2008 (5 photos)

Here are the rest of our Tikal and Flores pictures....

Tikal
Nov 19, 2007 (19 photos)

Flores doesn't have all that much to offer, but Tikal really is fantastic.  We signed up for the sunrise bus which means leaving at 3 am and making your way up to the top of Temple IV  I  think.  Tikal dates from the 4th century BC ...

Passage to Guatemala
Oct 6, 2008

... ! I did wonder what would happen if we drowned, as we were technically nowhere: we had left Mexico and not yet entered Guatemala. I guess it would be a moot point, as our corposes would have been impossible to find in such a huge body of water. Leaving ...

Little Caesar.. Unfortch, Not The Hot & Ready Kind
Oct 24, 2009 (1 photos)

... incredibly well preserved. Not discovered until the late 19th century, it is now a national park and one of the Ļmust-seesĻ of Guatemala. Even though itīs wicked far away from anything else. We were in a group of about 20 people with a guide named Little ...

Flores, Guatemala
Jun 30, 2007 (2 photos)

... before it sped off again.  Interesting when most of them are carrying maschettes. After a very long hot journey, arrived in Flores.  Its a nice little town and the hostel is really cool, called Los Amigos, and again ran into Rhedan and Nissa.& ...