Hotels Flores Guatemala

- 8 months - 7 x 2 countries - 6 pairs of shoes - 5 star hotels? Err, no. - 4 better or worse - 3 continents - 2 willing participants - 1 ton soup - 0 Korean, Japanese, or Spanish spoken by either of us at time of departure

We have landed for a few days in Flores, Guatemala. Our intent is to visit the ruins of the Mayan City, Tikal. The Tikal site is in the jungle around 1 hour from here by car and there aren't any hotels aside from camp sites near Tikal so this seemed ...

... is absolutely tiny, you could walk around the entire thing in a half hour. The town is a major tourist destination specializing in hotels and restaurants so it took a while to find a midrange guest house that was moderately clean. After getting settled in ...

... we heard of.  So we got ready to leave for Guatemala, since we had a tour shuttle picking us up at 6 to take us to Flores Guatemala.  Fortunately, once it got light we were able to see the Howler monkeys in the trees above us (see pics). The van ...

... can't really complain though, I had't had any problems of that nature with any other food throughout my stay in Guatemala :o) Flores is a fairly small island on the lake linked to Santa Elena on the mainland by a bridge. I took a ...

... see things that are as different as possible to the things at home, why would we come at all? My first stop in Guatemala was Flores, the overnight stop for people heading out to the ruins of Tikal nearby. It's just a little tourist town with not much ...

... was just one of those days where nothing spectacular happened, but was a good reason for travel. Flores is a town on an island in a lake in northern Guatemala. A causeway connects it to the more commercial town of Santa Elena on the shoreline, ...

... of the Mayan rain god, Chac. Flores is nice, though everything is geared toward the tourist industry. Lots of travel agencies, hotels, and non-typico restaurants. We are staying in an okay hotel, and perhaps for the first time on this trip, the ...

... state - just like that. Back to present day... We managed to get to Santa Elena, larger not so exotic neighbour of Flores, by collectivo earlier than expected. Then took a Tuc Tuc over the causeway into Flores. Went straight to the hotel ...

... we woke up and took a quick boat ride to what is written in our guide book as 'the most magical place in Guatemala.' And it serioulsy was! It was basically your own private paridise, of beautiful gardens everywhere, cute bungalow rooms with local crafts ...

Yes, I have finally arrived in Guatemala - only about 3 weeks later than planned. But seeing as my recent blog entries have resembled a Alejandro González Iñárritu movie, I shall start from where I last left off....   So last Wednesday morning, ...

... ; When I did a walk around it, I got lapped 3 times by a man out jogging!  Apart from a church, a school and a few hotels, there isn't really much else happening on the island, but it is still a popular place to stay due to it's proximity to Tikal. ...

... the vast canopy. Great day, in our opinion the best of the Mayan sites, but not enough time to see everything. Guatemala is a bit like being in bandit country, with risks around every corner either from your bus driver, road conditions or indeed ...

... Flores for the weekend. It is only 30 minutes away on the bus but is way more touristy and has hotels and restaurants and tuk tuks. We are in Flores for a well earned rest after our stressful week of watching football I mean volunteer work in San ...

... it to a DVD.  It took about two hours but I finally got it transfered and immediately started taking pictures agian.  Flores was a beautiful little island city, with lots of nice little resturants and hotels of all price ranges.  I would ...

... (rum) to drink as the sun set each evening fair mellowed us out too. Nice after the constant travelling of the previous 4 days. Flores was the last independent Mayan city to fall to the Spaniards in 1697. Nothing Mayan is left now, and we mostly just ...

Flores is a tiny little island on lake Peten Itza, in northern Guatemala. Its connected to the mainland by small bridge, and is frequented by a lot of tourists, as its a great place to base oneself to explore the pyramids of Tikal & The Peten ...

... plusieurs personnes, mais il n'est vraiment pas super...  ;-( Après notre déjeuner, nous partons faire les boutiques de la ville. Flores est une ville sur une presqu'île, donc toutes les boutiques, restaurants et hôtels sont chers. Un peu comme le ...