Country Info
- Guatemala
- Capital
- Quetzal (GTQ)
- Currency
- 12,974,361
- Population
- GT
- Country Code
El Remate Slideshow
El Remate
Travel Blogs from El Remate, Guatemala
Livingston/Rio Dulce/Poptun/Flores/El Remate
... bus for 5 hours!!!! After we finally got to Flores we basically fell out of the bus and into a VW van heading towards El Remate. We were thinking ahhhh finally leg room, seats, windows!!! But we ended up picking up everybody and their brother on the ...
More Mayan history.... Flores and Tikal
We get to Flores about 5pm….. it is a small island on Lake Peten in the north of Guatemala…. An island linked by a causeway so no need to rely on boats…. It is a lovely evening and I take some piccies of the sunset from the hotel. We ...
Ruines Maya à Yaxhá
Avant le départ pour El Remate, on doit de nouveau faire un arrêt au bancomat (en français distributeur de billet, mais j'aime bien le mot suisse ;)), ça file tout ça! Je prends le volant mais c'est pas une réussite, je me prends un trou énorme ...
Ricardo Jones et la route boueuse
... iles pour bivouaquer, plonger. Il y a encore une place sur le bateau si qqun veut venir. Je vous ai pas parlé du Guatemala, ça viendra dans les mails suivants mais ça craint grave en termes de sécurité. Fini les conneries à me balader seul ...
Long day of travel, then arrival in El Remate
... day was crossing a river on a ferry boat platform FULL of vehicles...and the ferry was powered by 4 small outboard motors. El Remate was our destination town, a mere 30 minute trip away from Tikal, the site of Mayan ruins where we planned to ...
Tikal
Overwhelming site! It really is one of the biigest archeological sites concerning the mayan site.... NEVER TAKE SAN JUAN TRAVEL!!!! So why? you probably want to know this... Well we bought the ticket for the 5:00 bus so that we could see the ...
two Mayan cities and one border crossing
... and Tikal, it was probably best that I not see any other Mayan sites, or else I'd have become "over-ruined." After leaving Tikal, I took a flight to Guatemala City and then a little minibus to Antigua, where I am now. That's the next ...
Tikal
... ;the actual ruins... but at least in my mind I am happy that Tikal will stay forever short and sweet. (El Remate, the small town we stayed in close to Tikal was ...
Paradise Found
At 7am this morning we arrived in Flores, and continued our trek to El Remate, on the east coast of Lago de Peten Itza. To say it is beautiful is an understatement. Being here has forced us to slow down and enjoy the natural beauty of the ...
Tikal
... thru the tour, but thankfully the temp was warm... dried off later in the day.. walked around to the rest of the major temples with Miriam and Billy, then had a brief lunch/dinner and we left Tikal.... they stayed in Remate and i went to Flores/San ...
Tikal, Guatemala
Today I visited the huge and amazing ruins of Tikal, which I'm told is the second largest Mayan city ruins that exist, and only 20% have been excavated which leaves a lot more to be seen. The temples tower high above, and it's funny to see and almost ...