Flores

---> Crossing the border to Guatemala from Belize.

I'm super excited about Guatemala. I'll be spending 9 days in this country, starting with Flores, an island on lake Petén Itza.
Soon after crossing the border we went visiting the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal, located in a rainforest in the North of Guatemala.
Tikal National Park is massive, 575 square km of jungle and temples dating back to 900 BC. You can't help but wonder how they built it all and how they lived, only to to see it fall into decline and abandon it like the rest of the great Mayan cities.
The afternoon was spent on a boat, cruising around lake Petén Itza and swinging into the water.Læs mere