7.30am and ready for the water taxi from Caye Caulker to Belize City
Goodbye to our favourite island
V and Georgie as we arrive in Belize City
Time to kill and strolling the streets
Lara and her favourite, the Manatees!
Hunting for the Internet, and we find the Radisson hotel
The border and unfortunately we are leaving....
Georgie, Leise and V as we hit the Guatemala side
Welcome to Guatemala
Leise at the Guatemala version of foreign exchange...
Our bus - no luxuries here!
The bridge into Guatemala
We swap the bus for a minivan into Flores
Our bags are packed precariously on the roof....
Welcome to Flores
Some interesting local transport
The streets of Flores
A picture in our hotel of what the town looks like
Welcome to our new hotel
The Guatemala flag on the left
Dinner time
Great restaurant and great pizza, right on the waterfront
Bed time for V
4.20am and we are up and ready first for our trip to Tikal
Lara is late for the first time on tour, still no sign of Leise!
Our funky new raincoats
Welcome to Tikal
It's pouring first thing in the morning
The sun finally comes out and time to ditch the plastic raincoats
Off we go...
The National Tree of Guatemala
Look at the state of those feet!
Our tour guide gets nice and close to a tarantula
Leise and Lara heading deeper into the jungle...
Lara, Leise and Georgie
Georgie almost fell down a muddy slope, much to the "concern" of her friend V
Lara and V take a break - it's a lot of walking!
A sign for one of the many temples here
Time to climb to the top of this one
I am right behind them....
Lara halfway up
Georgie loving the view at the top
Quick pose at the top
Spectacular view!
V sits this one out and writes up some postcards!
And on we go.....
Tired and sweaty now!
V in front of another temple
It's a steep one!
And up we go again - V joins in this time ;-)
It's a tough one
We all made it though
Another great view
Lara and Leise, last ones down ;-)
This is malaria territory and they are out in force so we stop to apply some more mossie spray
This was our 3rd application in 3 hours, no chances taken!
Welcome to the Acropolis, the centre of the ruin site
A view of the perimeter
Well earned break before we head down
It's well hidden in the jungle
The grounds are beautiful
Lara and V off to explore
This part is stunning
Leise and I conquered this guy while the girls rested...
Glad we don't have to climb this one!
Panoramic view of the Acropolis - very impressive!
Time to head back, we have a coach to catch...
Dropped off and abandoned, so much for that lift to the station!!!COACH TRIP TO GUATEMALA CITY
Some healthy yoghurt before we depart =
The girls are ready for the 8 hour slog! =
V still tryin to make up her mind about this local delicacy...
Looks good but looks can be deceiving!
Our Guatemala City hotel. This is typical when we arrive at any hotel, Internet time ;-)
Our humble digs on our last night in Guatemala, Miami tomorrow!
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