Tikal Mayan site, Flores Fri 13th Dec 24

I can't work out what time it is where you are, but 4:30am in Flores, Guatemala feels early. I've bought a ticket to visit the Mayan civilisation site at Tikal, so I have to be up and off to meet the bus for the 2 hour journey to get there.
There's the inevitable glitch when a random man near a minibus claimed to be helping me find the right one - he did nothing of the sort and nearly got me on the wrong bus - then asked brazenly for a tip!
I snoozed on the bus. It wasn't too bad.
Hopefully, the photos will give a fair impression of what the place was like. At thew risk of sounding a bit of a name dropper (?) it came across to me like a much smaller Angkor Wat; maybe 6 or 8 times smaller and covering much less geographical space. However, I could do Tikal in a half-day and not kill myself.
It actually was really good, recommended, money well-spent.
People were a lot more chatty on the ride back, so the journey didn't drag at all.
Back in Flores, it was time for food, a chocolate milkshake, a few snaps around the town ... and book my next accommodation for Belize (tomorrow) and Chetumal in Mexico for the days leading up to and over Christmas.Read more