Friday, August 8, 2008

The wilds of Belize and Guatemala

Quick recap
Belize; the ATM cave; named after all the cash you have to get out to see it; Altun Maa probably; waist deep water; swimming in the entrance; precarious mini climbs; only possibly by standing on the guide; only possible for Anna because of borrowing Ficeland´s Crocs (at last a use for them); the big Germans were there and we love them; we walked through ancient Mayan pottery fused into the living rock; at the end there was a skeleton; cool and scary; we felt very adventurous and got very wet.

Guatemala; El Remate we met the Belgians and Per and Marie; we swam in the lake; pigs played on the basketball court; the hotel owner persuaded us to do the dawn tour.

Tikal; expecting a small party we joined 70 tired individuals on the dawn tour; and some of them yapped far too much; we climbed temple four; we sat and waited for the clouds to break; monkeys called; tempes appeared in the mist; eventually the party shut up for 5 minutes; we climbed other temples; met the nice New Zealanders.

The view from the mirador of Semuc Champey´s pools was well worth the climb
This is an awful picture from Tikal´s temple 5. It was high up

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