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  • Guatemala
    Day 24

    Houston 🤠

    February 23, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    ... first three hours of the night on a chair or floor ... than security control a macha latte and some gate changing later we were in our airplane to Houston ...

    ... with a 6 hours stopover in Houston we decided to go and get a once-over of Texas. "Old Town Spring" was the suggested places after we got free water and an explanation how Google works - one helpful guy even checked the weather forecast for us so we were sure to be save from hurricanes or/and overheating ...

    ... after a short Uber ride we rocked up at a pretty nice place with different stores and shops from countries all over the world ... Turkish, German, Dutch, English, Brazilian and Co were all right at the spot mixed in between the local Texan stores ... after a lemon cake and some fudge for the way - and a joss stick chimney 🤪 - we got back to the airport right in time to get a Texan burger 🍔 and to get our seats in the next plane ...

    ... after we left Flores at 8pm/22.02 we arrived after 3 flights, a train, a Blabla car and another train back home 🏠 8pm/24.02 ... long trip but worth it ☺️😉 ...

    ... and still ... to short 😜 ...    Read more

  • Guatemala
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    Day 23

    San Miguel II

    February 22, 2023 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    .... relaxed coffee in the morning, some hours at the beach of the lake ⛱️ a bit of sport, a short hike and packing our stuff and we went again for a blowout to Maracujas restaurant ... after a bowl, salad and smoothies we were ready to get rid of all the money on our bank accounts and went to the car rental to pay for the damage ... let's hope Expedia doesn't cause us any problems ... a last hug for Daniel, who has some more month to spend... and finally starting the journey home ...Read more

  • Guatemala
    Day 22

    San Miguel I

    February 21, 2023 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    ... ok last days in Guatemala ... we decided to book a flight back to Guatemala City instead of spending 12h+ in a night bus ... so we had time to checkout relaxed, spoiled us with breakfast and cappuccinos and booked our last night on the opposite side of Flores on the peninsula of San Miguel ...

    ... one of the nicest hostels of the trip because it was calm 🤪 ... we chilled either at the pool or having a siesta or running through the jungle - guess who did what 😁 ... met again for dinner which was very good as well ... fish with veggies, salad and fruits and a nice restful night ...    Read more

  • Guatemala
    Day 21

    Day of Desastres

    February 20, 2023 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    ... after a little run around the pyramids with Daniel and some walls in-between we started our morning together with Capser🇵🇱 who needed a ride to Tikal ... we stopped somewhere - really just randomly somewhere and got an instant coffee and some tortillas in a shop ... we left Casper at the intersection to Tikal and continued to Crater Azul ...

    ... where we never arrived ... on one of the curves to Las Cruzes, just 15km before our goal the fulminating rain converted the dirt road into a slide and loosing control over the vehicle a solitary tree stopped our departure sideways down and probably even our tendency for a flip over ... would is apparently very hard compared to the vehicle body ...

    ... after we checked that nobody was hurt we called the car rental with the help of many locals who stopped by and decided to drive the car back to the office ... the engine worked fine - the major damage was at the body ...

    ... little problem we booked the full cover insurance via Expedia so we needed to pay in advance ... around 18.000€ 🥴 ... but non of our credit cards was suitable to pay those large amounts at ones so we left our passports with the car rental and went back to Flores, while Daniel mobilised his family to extend his credit card limits we sent him some grants 🤪 ...

    ... after the shock and some hours at the car rental we got a bit more relaxed over tacos, burgers and cocktails ... we let the day end on a terrace in our accommodation accompanied by some nice tee 💚    Read more

  • Guatemala
    Day 20

    Yaxhá

    February 19, 2023 in Guatemala

    ... after the diesel engine of the camping ground started its music around 6:30 we slowly and uncomfortably packed our stuff together and made our way out to the entrance to buy another ticket for Uaxactún, which is another excavation side in the north. Important you don't buy the ticket there or on the intersection to it ... you buy it 15km down the road ... arriving at the ticket counter we got some known marmelade toast with tortillas and avocado plus coffee and chocolate ... stomachs filled and brains fueled we decided to don't drive back for 2 hours but go directly to Yaxhá, which is another excavation side - apparently the Maya have been very diligent here ...

    ... we arrived around noon and enjoyed an almost empty park like area with pyramids digged out, birds and howler monkeys orchestrating in the covering canopies ... fantastic ... relaxing ...

    ... dinner at a restaurant close to the entrance ... a nice good night tee and we stayed at the campsite next to the neighbouring lake without the canopy of the tent under a beautiful firmament of infinity...    Read more

  • Guatemala
    Day 19

    El Mirador - no Mirador - Tikal

    February 18, 2023 in Guatemala

    ... wake-up after 3 hours of non consistent sleep, giving a hug to Daniel who came down from Mexico to join for our great adventure to El Mirador. Jungle, animals, adventure and no lack of maladies were in the frame of our expectations ...

    ... leaving Flores into the north around 4:30pm we just arrived at a military checkpoint on the road ... while the commander had no issue to let us continue the elderly ranger in charge proclaimed religiously that we need a packe but it's no problem we can just go back to Flores buy a package for 400€/person and come back for a full 5 days trip another time and like that we don't need to go so fast and get a chef and some horses to carry out stuff ... after 10-15min trying to explain that there really exists a world outside of these packages I understood ... I could as well talk to a tree ... after we did some rounds in our merry-go-round game of "you just buy a package and get carriers, a chef, a guide and can walk slow" and "I don't won't horses carrying my stuff a cook preparing my meals and a guide leading me through the only and very obvious path and I really really don't have 5 days!" - I just ... gave up ...

    ... we turned the car and drove back into the sunrise ... after Daniel raised our mood with toast and marmelade we decided to make the best out of it and headed to TIKAL ...

    ... right at the entrance we encountered a group of coaty mundis ... payed our entrance fee and explored the excavation sides ... for an hour at least ... till we recognised the oppressive heat, lack of food and water and the rare sleep from last night made it not very enjoyable to work through piles of stones...

    ... we fell asleep in the gras after some tee surrounded by tourists and ancient pyramids...

    ... after our little nappy we decided to get a guide - what is a very good idea if you want to learn something about sone piles ... after some walky walky and a bunch of explanation we had another tee right at the top of the biggest pyramid while everyone else gathered at another pyramid to watch the sunset we had the rest of the park for ourselves...

    ... after we spotted some howler monkeys we got some local food and pitched our tent at the camp side next to TIKAL ...
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  • Guatemala
    Day 18

    Rio Dulce - El Paraíso - Flores

    February 17, 2023 in Guatemala ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    ... coffee in the morning ☕ ....
    ... boat to Rio Dulce at 9am ...
    ... chicken bus to "El boquerón" canyon ... a silent boatsman shipped as the 200m through the canyon were we stranded due to a language misunderstanding of "you can spend there 20min and you can go and walk for 20min" so we ended up having enough time for our daily workout and a swim ...

    ... back on the chicken bus and just 10min later into the hot springs of "El paraíso" ... perfectly temperatured waterfalls of around 40°C flushing from the rocks into the river ... a natural spa a la carte ... after a mud therapy and a short ride back we got some food in the " Go Beyond CoWor-Kafé" and ...

    ... waited ... bus was supposed to come at 4:30pm but wouldn't show up before 7:30pm ... the ride was incredible uncomfortable ... the AC was set on freezer, every hour a stop and a visit from the police, lights on/off all the time ... we arrived at 0:30am in Flores and prepared our backpacks for the jungle...    Read more

  • Guatemala
    Day 17

    Livingston to Rio Dulce

    February 16, 2023 in Guatemala ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    ... uncertainty in the morning but after a coffee in the hammock - the way every day actually should start 😁 - we decided to go for a chocolate tour, which was definitely the right decision ... IF you ever go to Livingston do the cacao tour with Ninet - you need to understand Spanish though or at least one of you ...

    ... we got an extended tour through the garden with plenty of different fruit trees, which was already nice by its own ... and than straight into chocolate making - a skill every human being should possess 🤪 -
    We checked the different trees, got the beans, skipped the fermentation since we didn't have 2 weeks to stay and went straight to the roasting and grinding - well and eating and drinking 😁 - after we squeezed the chocolate paste a couple of times through the press we got a nice sick paste which would go to the fridge and become a chocolate bar ...

    ... after that successful morning we took our boat back in direction to Rio Dulce and spend another night in the mangroves surrounded by the sounds of nature and boat engines roaring all night long as if we were sleeping just next to a highway ...

    ... but food and accommodation was nice and we managed to finish another strenuous workout session ...    Read more

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    Day 16

    Rio Dulce to Livingston

    February 15, 2023 in Guatemala ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Dilay started the day diligently working while I took a longer rest ... felt better though after 15h sleeping ...

    ... around 10am we catched the boat to Livingston with some lagoon stops with beautiful water lilies, birds and guanas ...

    .... after check-in we went to the "beach" which was basically a landfill for the next 5km ... shops at the were half closed because of the heat - kind of siesta manner - at least what we thought. ... so we decided to go back to the hostel and do our workout in the tropical heat ...

    ... as we went for another stroll to the market around 8pm we figured that everything was closed ... we weren't able to riddle the circumstances of closed shops during daytime and barricaded shops during night time - what are the shops for? 🧐 ...

    ... on the way back we stopped at a little African style restaurant with some life drum beats and dance interludes ...    Read more

  • Guatemala
    Day 15

    Flores to Rio Dulce

    February 14, 2023 in Guatemala

    ... first thing in the morning - pharmacy and antibiotics ... the stomach problems I had for now around one week got worse and I felt miserabel ... Dilay had a meeting and at 11am we catched the bus to Rio Dulce ...

    ... I kept on sleeping what was a pity since the place in the mangroves seemed very lovely ...
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    ... and I missed a splendid zucchini soup accompanied with a blackout and candle light 🤪 ...    Read more

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