| Last additions - Flores & Tikal |
94 viewsTemple V - One more ascent, this time 29 storeys. Tikal is a great place to get in shape.Nov 22, 2009
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89 viewsThe Mayan gods had an incredible likeness to Phil, shirt and all.Nov 22, 2009
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78 viewsBricks and eco-friendly mortar.Nov 22, 2009
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95 viewsYou can see in this partially excavated building how nature overtook the temples.Nov 22, 2009
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91 viewsOne of the temples in the Lost World complex of Tikal.Nov 22, 2009
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83 viewsMore of the Lost World. Tikal is a collection of temples and buildings, not just one large temple.Nov 22, 2009
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90 viewsI wanted to have some 'scanning' device like the guy in Star Wars does but this sufficed.Nov 22, 2009
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90 viewsPhil wears his Hard Wok shirt at Tikal (attempt 1)Nov 22, 2009
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79 viewsThe bottom of Temple II.Nov 22, 2009
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86 viewsAs seen towards the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, Temple I, II, and V (left to right) poke out of the jungle. Taken from the top of Temple IV, 32 storeys high (it would be the taller than the tallest building in Saskatoon) and finished in 741, almost 1300 years ago.Nov 22, 2009
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79 viewsA pisote wanders around looking for food.Nov 22, 2009
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91 viewsThe Grand Plaza as viewed from atop Temple II. You may recognize it from Apocalypto.Nov 22, 2009
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91 viewsPhil used a non-traditional path to get to the more obscure temples.Nov 22, 2009
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86 viewsTemple I is the temple people think about when they think of Tikal. 22 storeys high, that's probably not a surprise.Nov 22, 2009
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91 viewsI survey distant Temple I looming before me.Nov 22, 2009
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93 viewsWe took a day trip to Tikal from Flores, leaving at 7 AM.Nov 22, 2009
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91 viewsTemple I is on the horizon as we make our way across the ancient Mayan city where 250,000 Mayans once lived.Nov 22, 2009
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89 viewsA little restaurant where Phil and I welcomed ourselves to Belize with a local beer: Brahva.Nov 22, 2009
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82 viewsAnother Flores street.Nov 22, 2009
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104 viewsOur view from the back of the pickup truck. Welcome to Guatemala.Nov 22, 2009
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