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Rio Mopan Lodge Peten

Frontera, Melchor de Mencos Peten, 1010, Guatemala

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Arriba! Arriba!

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... with them while we walked about 100 metres ahead to get stamped into Mexico. They'd drive up to meet us once our luggage was secured to the roof. Er, ok then... Inhale. Exhale. Quick mental check: there's nothing irreplaceable is in those bags, right?

Again, our encounter with the officials was uneventful.

We completed the forms, had our passports stamped, used the loos and we were off on our ...

First Border Crossing

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... and in this instance, the added risk of that happening in the middle of nowhere!

Thanks to a flat tyre (our second in a week - see entry for Semuc Champey), we ended up running about 45 mins late. A few concerned eyebrows were raised when the ultra-smooth, undersized spare was unveiled and fitted. Er, I guess we wouldn't normally take notice of the tyres' condition, and these guys do this everyday, right? Still we all heaved ...

FotoReportaje: Yaxchilan

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... Yaxchilán esta padrísimo, un arqueólogo diría que es por sus estelas y dinteles, que algunos se conservan con mucho detalle pero además de eso yo creo que parte de su magia viene del lugar en el que se encuentra. Esta ubicado junto al río Usumacinta que en esa parte forma también la frontera entre México (Chiapas) y Guatemala. Para llegar, sólamente puede hacerse en ...

Tikal to Semuc

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... with valleys and mountains covered in lush forest.
From Lanquin we took a group tour to Semuc Champey. This is a huge limestone bridge that spans over the river Cahabon and on it are hundreds of sky blue pools that we swam in all bordered by steep jungle gorge walls. We also explored Kan'ba Caves which was the most fun ever. Our flip-flops were strapped ...

Rivers, Ruins and Jungles

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Decided to visit a couple more mayan ruins before heading out of Mexico back to Flores. Another early morning start and long bus trip to reach the border crossing and river. Didnt go into imigration today since I wasnt actually crossing the border.

Had a nice 30min boat trip up the river with the jungle along both sides before reaching Yaxchilan. The first ruins of the day.

Had a couple of hours here ...