| Most viewed - Flores & Tikal |

102 viewsOur view from the back of the pickup truck. Welcome to Guatemala.
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95 viewsYou can see in this partially excavated building how nature overtook the temples.
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93 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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93 viewsWe took a day trip to Tikal from Flores, leaving at 7 AM.
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92 viewsTemple V - One more ascent, this time 29 storeys. Tikal is a great place to get in shape.
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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.
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91 viewsI survey distant Temple I looming before me.
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91 viewsThe Grand Plaza as viewed from atop Temple II. You may recognize it from Apocalypto.
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90 viewsPhil used a non-traditional path to get to the more obscure temples.
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89 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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89 viewsPhil wears his Hard Wok shirt at Tikal (attempt 1)
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89 viewsPhil's second attempt at placing the Hard Wok shirt at Tikal.
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88 viewsA little restaurant where Phil and I welcomed ourselves to Belize with a local beer: Brahva.
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88 viewsI wanted to have some 'scanning' device like the guy in Star Wars does but this sufficed.
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88 viewsOne of the temples in the Lost World complex of Tikal.
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88 viewsThe Mayan gods had an incredible likeness to Phil, shirt and all.
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87 viewsThis is the back of Temple I.
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87 viewsPhil gets chatted up by a local bum.
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87 viewsFlores at dusk, tuk tuk waiting.
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87 viewsA late evening soccer match.
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