| Most viewed - Flores & Tikal |
72 viewsOur view from the back of the pickup truck. Welcome to Guatemala.
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61 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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61 viewsPhil used a non-traditional path to get to the more obscure temples.
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60 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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60 viewsWe took a day trip to Tikal from Flores, leaving at 7 AM.
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59 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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59 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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59 viewsYou can see in this partially excavated building how nature overtook the temples.
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59 viewsTemple V - One more ascent, this time 29 storeys. Tikal is a great place to get in shape.
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58 viewsA little restaurant where Phil and I welcomed ourselves to Belize with a local beer: Brahva.
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58 viewsThe Grand Plaza as viewed from atop Temple II. You may recognize it from Apocalypto.
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58 viewsPhil wears his Hard Wok shirt at Tikal (attempt 1)
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57 viewsI wanted to have some 'scanning' device like the guy in Star Wars does but this sufficed.
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57 viewsOne of the temples in the Lost World complex of Tikal.
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56 viewsI survey distant Temple I looming before me.
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55 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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55 viewsMore of the Lost World. Tikal is a collection of temples and buildings, not just one large temple.
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55 viewsThe Mayan gods had an incredible likeness to Phil, shirt and all.
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55 viewsBack in Flores, there are some places across the riverr.
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55 viewsBefore we hit the road we agreed we both wanted to have a couple Pina Coladas.
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