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- Guatemala
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- Quetzal (GTQ)
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- 12,974,361
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El Remate Slideshow
El Remate
Travel Blogs from El Remate, Guatemala
My first weekend trip
... until late on Sunday evening after spending hours and hours in a small minivan. We went to Quirigua (an ancient Maya site in Guatemala with nice Maya carvings), Castillo de San Felipe, followed by a boat trip on Rio Dulce to Livingston (a funky ...
Flore-Flore-Flores!
Back in Guatemala and skint from the hefty departure tax levvied in Belize we embarked on our next public tranport adventure. We were headed for the Mayan site of Tikal. colectivo picked up from any old corner then 2.5 hours to a crossroads rumoured to ...
Tikal and the awakening Jungle
Knock knock knock. It's 3:15 am. Time to get up, get packed, and get on our way to watch the sunrise at Tikal. After only a few short hours of blissful sleep, we were up and about, trying to get everything loaded into our van before ...
The Mayan people sure knew how to build a house!
... museum later. This Mayan was very decorated with Jade necklaces and around the ankles and waist. Jade was and still is very popular in Guatemala. Part two of this day was a Canopy or Zip Line tour. Again, not for anyone scared of heights. Wow... what a ...
el remate
... left her passport with the Belize border control and they had to run after her), and we were on our way once again to el remate. this is a quiet lakeside town about 45 minutes from tikal, i am taking Spanish classes here and a couple days ago we boarded ...
On the way to Tikal
... by this afternoon so I could camp there overnight and see them during sunrise. However, I got to this little lakeside village called El Remate about half an hour after the last bus left for Tikal. It all worked out for the best, though - this ...
day 21- Tikal
WEATHER: very hot (we saw a temperature of 101 degrees), dry TOTAL MILEAGE: 66.1 miles What an awesome, wonderful day! We arrived at Tikal around 10:00 am, after driving through what seemed like a cloud of butterflies. Neftali, a ...
day 20- Sayaxche to El Remate
... . I would like to spend more time here someday. We filled up here- gas was 30.99Q/gal. The last leg of today's drive, to El Remate, was smooth and easy. We checked in at Hotel Don David (660Q), where we got settled in before deciding to take a drive ...
Tikal
Tikal ruins was the biggest and most important maian town on its apogee and has some beautiful constructions and ...
El Remate and Tikal
We arrived in Guatemala without a hitch and caught a shuttle to the town of El Remate on Lago de Peten Itza. This is sleepy town that has a lot of nature to offer. The first thing we did is head out to this local park called Biotopo Cerro Cahui for a ...
Tikal AMAZEMENT!
... that they must have passed right over the ruins, mistaking them for fallen rubble from earthquakes and erosion. In 1821 Guatemala won its independence from Spain. Some 27 years later in 1848, an archeologist stumbled upon the Tikal ruins. Think about ...
Howler Monkey Alarm Clocks
We arrived in Tikal around 3:30 in the afternoon. Arrival is through a set of gates that reminded me of the movie Jurassic Park. As you come in, there is forest on both sides as well as signs warning of animal crossings. These crossings ...
Cesta do Guatemaly, Tikal a Flores
... a Zelandu a spolecne si domluvime busik do El Remate, mestecka ci mozna vesnicky lezici blizko mayskych pamatek v Tikalu. V El Remate najdeme pekny hostel, a spolecne vyrazime do "mesta", coz obnasi peknou prochazku podel jezera Lago di Peten Itza. Nase ...
Road Kicks
... everyone is well and staying warm in the freezing temperatures back home! I just took a week vacation traveling up north in Guatemala with my friend Silvia, a med school student from Spain, and her boyfriend Xabi who is here visiting. Needless to say my ...
Hidden in the jungle
... pictures in my head, but that´s it. So when I discovered the ruins of Tikal hidden in the jungle of northern Guatemala, I was impressed. The Mayan civilization thrived here for hundreds of years, starting somewhere around 800-700BC. (I could be wrong ...
GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO TIKAL
Took a minibus about 30 kms out of town just a little closer to TikaL at El Remate. ,Stayed at a rustic hostal; recommended by my buddy, Misha, and had a lovely fish dinner at sunset on Lake Peten Itza. Went to bed early for tomorrows 5 ...
Water, Birds, Walking
After our brief stay on the small island of Flores, we traveled north by bus to the small town of El Remate. The bus driver dropped us at a junction and then we walked the short way down the dirt road to our hotel--a lovely bungalow on the shore of Lago ...
Amazing ruins in the jungle
We left Belize and after a rather long border crossing we finally reached Guatemala. We were staying overnight in Flores, an island in the middle of a gorgeous lake. We decided to take it easy so after lunch we had a brief wander around ...
Wildlife in Tikal and Yax-ha
I'm no David Attinborough but I have labelled the piccies where I know waht the animal is... Tikal - Spider Monkeys and other stuff I can't remember or be bothered to look up at the moment Yax-ha - Toucans, Howler monkeys, butterflies and misc other ...
Hello Dennis and arriving Day one El Remate!
... around 9am. Ate breakfast and hitched a ride with a van and we picked up a few people along the way. We are now in El Remate. About to find some lunch. We need to see if we have enough money to make it to Belize City on Friday. No ...
A New Year in The Lost World
... city covers an area greater than 16 square kilometres that includes about 3000 structures, which are now mostly hidden in Guatemala’s lowland Peten jungle. It was rediscovered by archaeologists in the 19th century. When we arrived at our bungalow ...
Tikal
... ! The whole site was just so intricate, I found myself sitting just trying to imagine it in it's heyday. We got back to El Remate late afternoon, and decided we wanted a pier with shade to swim off, so walked further along the shore until we found an ...
Flores
I only get 15 mins on this computer so will just let you know that Sarah's being held captive by Mayan natives. They've asked for a ransom of 150,000 catzals. I've told them they'll have to pay me 200,000 if they want me to take her back... All safe and ...
Chilling by the lake
... where we were staying. Slightly different to UK kids as they were using machetes as goal posts. Interesting to say the least. However in time we would get used to the fact that everyone in Guatemala carries machetes like we carry our mobile phones. ...
Galloping thru Guatemala
... are just as poor as their neighbours .... but this is a magic country which we really enjoyed ...... We crossed into Guatemala at El Florido after having to detour through the actual town itself because the main road was washed away and the truckies, ...
Yaxha, búcsú Guatemalától
... pségét csak részben tudtuk élvezni. Siettünk, hogy még sötétedés előtt elérjük a határt. Ide még nem tört be az információs forradalom= papírnaplóba jegyezték fel, hogy beléptünk az országba. Búcsú Juliotól és ...