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We finally arrived to Flores after a lot of annoying phone calls etc. We got picked up from our hotel in Palenque as promised and raced off to the border. It was quite confusing cos nobody told us whats going to happen next. The person working on the border in Mexico was probably sleeping so they had to call him to come to the office. We waited for a while and they he showed up and it was a pretty quick passport check.
We had to take a boat to get to Guatemala. It was awesome! Even though the river was a mess and the stream flow was harsh. It was beautiful nevertheless.
Finally we got to the Guatemalan side of the border and I wanted to change dollards to Quetzals (guatemalan currency), but they didnt accept my 20 dollar bills because it was a little bit ripped on one side. Frustrating. I had to change a hundred then.. which is a lot in this country.
The bustrip from Bethel to Flores was quite funny, again. For about two hours the road was made of gravel and was veeery bumpy! I tried to write my diary, but I dont know if you can make out any of the letters.. hehe! I slept a lot, since we had such an early wake up. Fianlly in San Helena (or something like that) we had to stop for some ATMs so that people could get money. It wasnt like in Finland that you go to an ATM and get money. We had to go through three ATMs so that we found one that actually worked. Then just a quick ride to the island of Flores and a 5 minute walk to our awesome Hostel Los Amigos! Both Silja and I loved it at the very first moment. Its like a little bazar. Im still in such awe that I cant explain how lovely everything looks here, i´ll tell you later! And then i´ll probably have some pictures also.
Tomorrow we´re going on a sunrise tour to the ruins in Tikal. Our guide is coming to pick us up at 3.00 am, so another short night ahead!
Hope everything is well in Finland. Love to hear how all of you are doing. Go Tatu worker man GO! And Elsa, little dear, you´ll get it some day
Im off to drink my pineapple shake in our little bazar with parrot and dogs and cats and.. Oh you´ll see!
Kisses and hugs,
Liisa & Silja
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