Mayan Internacional Flores

... and they came along with me, we got to the cayes and checked into a hostel called tina's. The next day i went to try and book some diving, but they wanted 190 dollars for 2 dives, there was no way i was going to pay those prices.<br>Stayed one more night and the next day got the water ferry back to belize city and then a straight transfer by ...

... expensive not to say time-consuming. It could take a decade to uncover just one temple. Well, that being said, the most impressive structures were those of the Grand Plaza with temples I (Jaguar) and II. I climbed Temple II, which gave an amazing view of the central compounds. Actually, contrary to at Angkor Watt, you are not allowed to climb the actual stone steps, but instead you climb using some &#8211; more or less steep and strenuous &#8211; wooden staircases built ...

... wanted to follow in Steve Irwin's foot-steps, I don't think the sting-rays really liked being picked up and prodded by tourists. I joked and asked if we could catch some lobsters and cook them and he did catch 3 of them! Belize is the place for lobster and we had one really nice lobster dinner that cost $25USD which is pretty good. We were also lucky enough to catch the Belizean Independence day which is normally is Sept but there was ...

Back to Dona Goya for good cheap room with lake view &amp; wifi.<br><br>Next stop was getting my hands &amp; parched throat around a long, much needed, Gallo - it certainly refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach!? The Brahva is not bad too.<br><br>Hasn't changed much at first look (first here about 6 years ago) - still digging up the road (!) and ...

... showering and dressing, i stepped from the room into the darkness and the ******* rain,<br>Tropical rain, the kind you only normally get in the lower lattitudes.<br><br>after nipping back in to get the pncho and Rebeccas jacket - the former of course, i was secretly<br>excited to try, my new over expensive rain poncho - and a false start as the first bus<br>that turned up was for a couple going to beleize who had decided to get<br>up at the same time as us, our collectivo turned up and ...

Friday, 4 September, Day 222<br><br><br><br>Flores, Guatemala<br><br> After several hours trying to sleep on a bus that was leaving Mexico, I got to a boarder town where I got off one bus and had to somehow to stay awake for two hours so I didn't miss my connecting bus. With great struggle I didn&#8217;t fall asleep and jumped on the connection. Staying awake was so difficult because diving all day and partying all ...

... met many people everyone is always off on their own path and a significant amount of time is never spent with anyone. <br><br>When the bus arrived to pick us up, it was already pretty full. Marie was able to save one seat, but two of us were going to have to stand. David was nice enough to offer up the seat to Rachel. For the next four hours of the five-hour trip, Steve and David stood on the crowded sardine can bus while the driver traversed the windy terrain at daring ...

... the other side gashing open her knee which then needed 4 stitches. <br><br>It's dark in here<br><br>Before we exited the caves, we needed to drop down a hole through a mini waterfall. Just before it was my turn the guide&#8217;s waterproof bag that contained cameras slipped off a rock and went down stream, so the guide disappeared after it, collected it and came back, but there was a big gap between the previous group to go through the hole and me. I sat facing the ...

... in the jungle, and you have to report it like you see it.<br><br>Of course she had on the gauze pants and a shirt that wasn't quite made for a chest that gravity had already claimed at such a young age. Mothers, please teach your daughters the value of a good bra so this isn't what they grow up into. The rain had soaked through it all and we just kept staring at this trainwreck. Her girlfriend wasn't half bad actually. <br><br>So fast forward a ...

... when internet is available to chat with folks when<br>possible. My username is Grantfaraway and I think my location is still<br>Springfield. Hiked to a waterfall today, which was a much needed<br>reprieve from "chicken bus" travel day. A loco experience for anyone<br>traveling in Guatemala...local or foreigner. <br><br>By the way...if you come to Flores stay at a different hostel than Los Amigos, but definitely go eat there. The food is amazing, but the hostel itself is quite unclean. <br>