| Most viewed - Flores & Tikal |
110 viewsOur view from the back of the pickup truck. Welcome to Guatemala.
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101 viewsYou can see in this partially excavated building how nature overtook the temples.
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100 viewsWe took a day trip to Tikal from Flores, leaving at 7 AM.
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99 viewsTemple V - One more ascent, this time 29 storeys. Tikal is a great place to get in shape.
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98 viewsOne of the temples in the Lost World complex of Tikal.
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97 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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97 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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97 viewsI survey distant Temple I looming before me.
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97 viewsThe Grand Plaza as viewed from atop Temple II. You may recognize it from Apocalypto.
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96 viewsA little restaurant where Phil and I welcomed ourselves to Belize with a local beer: Brahva.
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96 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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96 viewsPhil wears his Hard Wok shirt at Tikal (attempt 1)
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96 viewsPhil's second attempt at placing the Hard Wok shirt at Tikal.
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95 viewsA late evening soccer match.
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94 viewsPhil used a non-traditional path to get to the more obscure temples.
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94 viewsI wanted to have some 'scanning' device like the guy in Star Wars does but this sufficed.
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94 viewsBefore we hit the road we agreed we both wanted to have a couple Pina Coladas.
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93 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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93 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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93 viewsThe Mayan gods had an incredible likeness to Phil, shirt and all.
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