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- Guatemala
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- Quetzal (GTQ)
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Flores Slideshow
Flores
Travel Blogs from Flores, Guatemala
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La Isla Bonita: Flores
... there before getting back to Blighty. So we bid farewell to Belize and crossed the border at Benque Viejo/ Melchor de Mencos, back into Guatemala. From there it was an hour or so's drive to Flores, a tiny town on an ickle island on Lake Peten Itza. We ...
Getting Lucky
... that I found some random guy who changed Dollars to Quetzals at 75 for 10 dollars. I'm sure doing that isn't legal in Guatemala and I didn't think until afterwards that I did it outside of Mexican immigration. He took me and three other very dodgy looking ...
Adventures on Guatemalan public transport
... money we left to pay for his own meal then lied and said he hadn´t. Never made it to the abandoned village, the Pompeii of Guatemala. Elvis didn´t know how to get there, and when a man along the way pointed us in the right direction and said a large ...
You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata
After San Ignacio, we headed over the border into Guatemala... which was an interesting trip considering all of us knew zero Spanish before going there! Good way to learn though. Unfortunately our little Spanish phrasebook didn't tell us how to say "I ...
Guatemala
... to know it is being written by mehlan. ha ha ha. :( ok so lets see. we´re now in good old guatemala. it took us about four scams to get to flores from the border. i suppose we are stupid gringos. but all is good now. we are in flores and mostly ...
Making tracks through Central America
... on a hilarious back and forth, back and forth attempt). After our brief love affair with Honduras it was time to move along to Guatemala. Our main destination was Tikal, although it took us a few days to get there. We had a lovely stopover in Rio ...
Jungle Adventures
Back from my jaunt into the wilds of Guatemala without being eaten by anything!! At the beginning of April I headed up to the national park at Laguna Lachua, in Coban (sort of the Midlands of Guatemala). It was quite a long journey, comfortable coach ...
Tikal Times
Hola from Guatemala! Due to our extended stay on Utila Guatemala has been cut down to 3 stops. Flores and Tikal is first up. The journey from Copan was pretty long, hot and dull. Ended up with the bus breaking down on the way as well. We stopped for lunch ...
Small lake island - Maya base
Small lake island and the perfect base to explore the nearby Maya Pyramids and Temples of Tikal. Great gourmet salad for dinner… Early evening and early start tomorrow… ...
Guatemalan Roadtrip
... a few drinks with them. Interestingly enough, one of the guys was the son of the American consulate in Guatemala, and all his friends had just come for a weekend trip to Guatemala. Hasta luego for now... pictures from the weekend to ...
Back to Guatemala
... we all left the island slightly darker than when we arrived so mission accomplished! We left early this morning and came by bus to Flores where we are now. We are spending two nights here to explore the Mayan ruins at Tikal before we head into our last ...
Vale La Pena
... is never physical harm, but a sufficient violation of personal security. To be fair, these stories are hardly exclusive to Guatemala. However, somehow in other countries I have always rationalized a few disparate instances down to simple bad luck. But ...
Tikal - The Best Mayan Ruins in Central America
... as the amazing temples and pyramids we also came across spider monkeys and a baby crocodile! Best day yet. Loving the hostel in Flores too which has great smoothies and veggie food at the bar and shows dvds in an outdoor chill out room with hammocks. ...
Spanish Lesson time?
I arrived in Flores in a few hours ago. Flores is actually a small island in the middle of a lake. My original plan was spend a week here and have some Spanish lessons. However, now the time has come I remember all the grief I had with ...
Deet... the perfume of the jungle
... much faster and aren't you proud of my bargaining skills? 4 of us decided to stay in Tikal by the ruins instead of staying in Flores. We arranged for a sunrise tour, so the guide actually came and knocked on our door at 4:45am to wake us up! ...
More Than a Woman
... I watched how the soft flickering light danced off her greasy dreadlocks as I ate my lasagna (Yes, tasty lasagna in Guatemala!). It turns out the two girls are from England and yes, they were together. How ironic that as ...
Would you Belize it we're in Guatemala!
... budget! Spent the last couple of days on buses from Playa to Chetumal then got a 7 o'clock bus this morning from Chetumal into Flores. We had to travel through Belize. Quite nice to see the country, if only briefly! Our bus driver looked like Alex from ...
EN Guatemala
... pay entry fee which we still don’t know if it was real, but as it was only few US dollars we did not argue. Guatemala was different again. Loads of police with guns and very bad roads and very poor houses. In our guide book it says that there ...
Tikal Ruins
6:00 am shuttle bus to the ruins. It is only two days after the summer solstice so we are expecting to see some sunlight lining up and shining through the tops of three of the main pyramids. when we get to Tikal it is still pitch dark. ...
Going to Guatemala
We were picked up from our hotel in Palenque early (6am) and we set off to cross the border to Guatemala. At Mexican immigration we couldn´t understand our bus driver so we just followed his hand movements to an office, handed over our passports and ...
Well aren't I quite the lazy Larry
... the Monday before last, so you will have to forgive me if my recollections are a little hazy. In addition my time in Guatemala, although most enjoyable, has perhaps been less eventful and so less suited to blog-writing than the rest of my trip. I ...
Guatemala is HOT
... , as there was not a pig in sight. There was however a dog which was the size of small horse, and another dog who smelt damper than a goldfish. But I must leave my tale there, as I'm off to fry myself in some Midday sun. Guatemala is HOT. ...
Sunrise at Tikal
... had some a lot of reading about them. After the tour finished we had 2 hours to wander around before our van headed back to Flores, Jus and I took in some more of the sights and wandered around the jungle paths. with my usual talent i got us lost ...
We´re so adventurous!!!!
Hola! We are back to Spanish...yikes! It´s already hard! We left San Ignacio this morning for Guatemala. We are on an island (in a lake) called Flores. It´s cute and colonial here, though we haven´t seen much yet. Inland is hot!! Carzy hot! I ...
Guatemalan adventures...
... . She´s been an awesome roommate so far. We set off on Saturday morning on an 8 hour trip to Lanquin...first we shuttled to Guatemala city again, then we caught a PCL-style bus (or Greyhound for those of you not from Vic) to Coban. The scenery was ...
Howling at monkeys in Tikal
... we are 100 percent certain they ripped us off because we didn´t even have the denomination they accused us of giving them. Also in Flores, La Luna restaurant does a killer steak. It´s not mega cheap but it won´t break the bank either. We went back 2 ...
Arvakkaa kävinks mää eilen San Franciscossa?
Hitto vieköön tyypit, ette ikinä arvaa miten halpoja lentoja täältä saa San Fransiscoon! Rio Dulce Express Airella oli sellainen tarjous, etta kaksi lentää kolmen hinnalla. Ja kun maya-turnee sattu oleen paussilla, ...