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81 viewsOur view from the back of the pickup truck. Welcome to Guatemala.
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72 viewsYou can see in this partially excavated building how nature overtook the temples.
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71 viewsPhil wears his Hard Wok shirt at Tikal (attempt 1)
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71 viewsTemple V - One more ascent, this time 29 storeys. Tikal is a great place to get in shape.
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70 viewsTemple I is on the horizon as we make our way across the ancient Mayan city where 250,000 Mayans once lived.
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69 viewsA small stop by the side of the road for some snacks en route to Flores. We tagged along for the whole trip which meant two hours in the box.
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69 viewsThis is how Phil and I crossed the border - in the back of a pickup truck after hitching a ride with some generous Alabama boys.
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69 viewsA little restaurant where Phil and I welcomed ourselves to Belize with a local beer: Brahva.
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69 viewsPhil used a non-traditional path to get to the more obscure temples.
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68 viewsThe Grand Plaza as viewed from atop Temple II. You may recognize it from Apocalypto.
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67 viewsWe took a day trip to Tikal from Flores, leaving at 7 AM.
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66 viewsI survey distant Temple I looming before me.
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66 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.
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65 viewsTemple I is the temple people think about when they think of Tikal. 22 storeys high, that's probably not a surprise.
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65 viewsI wanted to have some 'scanning' device like the guy in Star Wars does but this sufficed.
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65 viewsOne of the temples in the Lost World complex of Tikal.
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65 viewsPhil's second attempt at placing the Hard Wok shirt at Tikal.
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65 viewsPhil gets chatted up by a local bum.
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65 viewsA late evening soccer match.
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64 viewsThe Mayan gods had an incredible likeness to Phil, shirt and all.
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