Hotel Casona del Lago Flores

... mugged at broad daylight Saturday afternoon when returning from the institution, where she is volunteering. It was on this particular empty part of her path home, where she had been warned that things might happen. And then this guy pass her from the opposite direction on his bike, she heard him turn around, and suddenly he was in front of her – preventing her from moving on – and pointing a knife to her stomach. He wanted her bag, and she instantly gave it to ...

... and you probably wouldn't visit it unless you were visiting Tikal. <br><br>On our first night we bumped into the three American guys who we travelled down to Flores with and had dinner in the same restaruant. Early to bed as we had to be up at 4.30am for our trip to the Tikal ruins.<br><br>So up before the crack of dawn. Reason we went so early was that sunrise was mean't to be amazing over the ruins. We arrived sadly ...

... of King Louie&#8217;s kingdom in the Jungle Book. This was the view from the famous Pyramid number four, I later climbed a much steeper, and not famous pyramid that was not as high, but in the middle of the ruins so all the other pyramids were closer. I liked the view from this one better. It was very steep and difficult to climb. <br><br> When I got back I planned on being antisocial and doing nothing, but I met ...

... a candle and walked up to the entrance of the caves where we lit the candles and then started wading through water that all too soon became waist high. The caves were dark and the little light from the candle in our hands did not do much to illuminate but it did show where others were. We clambered up over ladders, waded through tunnels filled with waist high water and edged by sharp and slippery rocks. We dived into pools, swam through rivers (whilst trying to hold ...

... and then sat in a suana for and hour, i was sweating so bad. <br>i still got asked out for coffee, so i guess the guatemala boys are into that! ahhh hha.<br><br>i think i forgot to mention about how i went hiking in the jungle the other day. Rudy and Jose (the guides) tried to pull out a trantuala(sp?) from a hole, but failed. their lucky too because i probably would have flipped ...

... The bus driver decided that we weren't packed in tight enough so he squeezed himself halfway down the bus and then positioned Dave and I so that he was pushed up against me horizontal to the aisle. The bus driver then returned to his seat. It was easily one of the funniest moments so far of the trip - the bus driver wanted us to travel in this sexually compromising position for 3 hours standing up - but just us - every one ...

... e-mail (it's a bit spotty on small<br>islands...Caye Caulker, Belize) it was Thursday but I went ahead and<br>shot the director an e-mail after talking with the internet cafe to<br>arrange a potential call on Friday. Before I know it I'm in the back of<br>the internet cafe on Friday having an interview for a field staff<br>position in Patagonia. I must have not done too bad because he<br>requested to get references and he'll get back with me at the end of<br>next week and then I'll have ...

... dollars' in broken english. Piecing together the last of our notes and coins we paid and walked in. <br><br>From the first moment, when we were shaken by the terrifying roar of a group of nearby howler monkeys, we knew we were somewhere special. To get to the different temples you had to walk through dense jungle, most of the time alone. The thought of jungle turkeys had left our minds, but the thought of the jaguar was ...

... the temples where we could, including the really high scary one!! It was funny watching other people going up and down the steps on that one. One guy we watched was sooo petrified he was shaking as he came down!! <br> <br><br>We wandered around til just after noon and went to meet the bus back to the hostel. The hostel had made us sandwiches for lunch to take to Tikal (ham and cheese, of course - except Matt had chicken so we were all jealous!!) but we'd ...

... 4 bøger bevaret ! Det er fra disse og fra indgraveringer på sten og monumenter, at vi har kendskab til Mayarnes storslåede kultur. Det er sørgmodigt at mennesket af angst og magtbegær har denne ødelæggelsestrang.Jeg brugte en del tid ude ved Tempel V. Endnu en pyramide. Den er 57 meter høj og er helt ualmindelig stejl ! - Det er den seneste konstruktion, der er blevet fritlagt fra junglen i Tikal. Dvs. det er kun nordsiden, hvor man har fjernet ...