Tikal sunset I purchased a round-trip ticket to Tikal but I couldn't buy my ticket until 330 if I wanted it to be valid for the next day so I ended up sitting at the park gate for four hours! At least there was a restaurant and store and people to chat my limited Spanish with.... When I finally made it to Tikal I stayed at the Jaguar in and met a French Canadian named Pacifee! She was by far the most hippie type person I've ever met! We walked in to the park an...

Flores walkabout I had considered going to Tikal today but when I woke up it was raining so I decided to spend the day in Flores checking out the city. Just down the street from my hotel I found a bar that had the Canada versus Norway Olympic hockey game on so I watched that and that was a treat! Little did I know that almost half of the perimeter of the island city was underwater.... Haha. I guess every 50 years I'm told the water level rises quite high, But t...

Off to Flores The bus from Laquin to Flores was an all day affair... I'll just leave it at that! But we made it and I found a decent room straightaway!

River tubbing and bat cave! The Hostel does river tubing excursion that lasts about an hour and a half. You grab a tube jump in the back of a truck and they drive up the river about 3K. It's $6 with a beer included! Sweet! There was about 20 of us in total that ended up going and it was a super awesome time! After we got back a few of us decided to go to the Batcave tonight to watch the bats fly out. We planned on walking but were offered a ride for 5Q straight...

Semuc Champey adventure! Well to sum this day up in one word would be awesome.... The rain had stopped and the sun came out and we all piled in to the back of a half ton with a big cage around it to hold on to. The ride up there alone was pretty breathtaking, that was only the beginning. We were pretty much put straight into the cave after we were all given candles, it didn't take long before I left the guides behind me and I was leading the way! Haha. There we...