Hotel Jaguar Inn Santa Elena Flores

... the planets. By doing this they were able to predict when to sow and when to harvest – not to mention when they would be entering periods of extreme rain or drought! Yes, like so many other more or less distinct ancient civilisations, they were way ahead of their time. But it wasn't the jungle for nothing! The animal life there was incredible. I saw spider monkeys, wild turkeys – much more colourful than their domesticated counterparts, colourful wild turkeys ...

... ruins that I had seen with some of the towers reaching over 70 metres in height. On our way into the ruins we saw many local birds including Toucans and other local animals such as ant eaters and small rodent like creatures. We also saw some spider moneys and heard the quite horrifying roar of howler monkeys. It was hot and humid work though and by midday when the sun had finally burnt off the last of the mists it became unbearably hot. So ...

... 5 people who had their own guide,
he proceeded to give them an overview of the whole site and history behind it,
i didnt thank him for this but it left us orientated and informed and of course
without sparing the $50 expense! its great being me!!

After this they also left, very nice of them and left Rebecca and i alone to enjoy the
roof of the jungle, peirced only by the grafite grey of 4 or 5 temple tops.

After another 6 hours of plodding around various ...

... day and were already on such a high decided to give it a skip and head back to El Retiro for first dibs of the showers and to still be able to grab a beer during Happy Hour.

The next day we just chilled out in El Retiro, slept in hammocks, played cards and although tempted to do yoga and more tubing, my money was running low. There are no cash points in Lanquin, El Retiro does not except cards and although you can exchange dollars (for an incredibly bad exchange ...

... days to let him know if I will accept
the job or not.

Well, it is late Friday night and we have just
traveled 5 hours by chicken bus from Flores to Rio Dulce and then
boarded a boat to take us and additional 2 miles to Livingston, which
is only reachable by boat. So, as you see we choose not to take the 5
night trek into Mirador, but despite slight disappointment I feel a
strong sense of direction and feeling that I am on the right path.
After all, on the ...

... outside as 'security'. Flores alone had several guys standing outside. It wouldn't be so bad but they look bored by the lack of threatening security issues. You know you're in trouble when the highlight of your day is finding out that your hotel room has air conditioning. It's been so hot and humid here most days (37- 42C) that its been almost unbearable. Just walking down the street a mere 100m or so has been impossible without having sweat ...

... dollars' in broken english. Piecing together the last of our notes and coins we paid and walked in.

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 ...

... eyes nose and mouth... amazing, Lewis left us here to explore but after 4 hours all of us were pretty much done. A quick look around and we set off for the 20 min hike back to the entrance to the park. We stopped at Comador Tikal for some food - a big plate of pollo de fajitas... mm mmmmm

Back in our van we drove back to Flores where most of us were pretty drained from the heat. I explored a bit of the ...