After our three-day visit to Tikal we were taken by another taxi Thursday afternoon to a hotel in Flores, where we would be picked up for the van ride to Carmelita and our jungle adventure.
We knew we were getting up early the next morning for our 5 a.m. pickup so we decided to eat an early supper and go to bed to catch up on all that important stuff we do when we have an internet connection. Facebook and Twitter own us, basically.
If you don’t make a colossal screw up now and then, you’re not trying hard enough. There are a lot of smart people who have said something to that effect. … Read more
As we did at Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatan, we allowed three nights’ stay right inside the site of Tikal in northern Guatemala. We wanted to be sure to have … Read more
This small chapel attached to the headquarters of the “Society for the Good Works of Hermano Pedro” was all decked out for an upcoming celebration. Little old, and young, Antiguan … Read more
I was not quite sure what to make of this crucifix in the courtyard of the parish of San Francisco in Antigua, Guatemala. Tools, spears, dice? Dice? Then it hit … Read more
The museum attached to the church of San Francisco in Antigua, Guatemala has several walls devoted to messages of thanks to Hermano (Brother) Pedro, the first saint of Guatemala. Hermano … Read more
While we recover from the trek, we thank our trusty mules, models of patience on the trail to El Mirador. The five-day, 125 kilometer hike to the site and back was … Read more
In a city like Antigua, Guatemala that features so much Christian imagery, it’s also not unusual to see the occasional Mayan or Carribean icons thrown in for good measure. In … Read more
Tikal is one of the largest Mayan sites in the “Mundo Maya” which extends through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Tikal was once a city of 90,000 people and flourished … Read more
A family of howler monkeys, we’re told, usually consists of a male, a few females, and the offspring. The family that lives in the jungle which surrounds our hotel inside … Read more