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Introduction
548km (340 miles) NE of Guatemala City; 65km (40 miles) N of Flores; 100km (62 miles) NW of the Belize border Tikal is the greatest of the surviving classic Maya cities, and is estimated to have once supported a population of about 100,000... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There By Plane -- TACA Regional Airline (tel. 502/2279-5821 or 502/2470-8222; www.taca.com) has two daily flights to Flores Airport (FRS) from La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City. Flights leave at 6:30am and 5:55pm, a... Continue reading »
Tikal Travel Experiences
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Floating down the Mopan River
Today we went tubing down the Mopan River from the village of Bullet Tree Falls to Branch Mouth. Bullet Tree Falls is approx five miles o... Continue reading »
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Exploring the Mayan city of Tikal
22.01.06An even earlier morning for our 4am shuttle to the airport for our flight up to Flores. Unfortunately we had to use a different a... Continue reading »
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Belize ... from Annes POV
Here's more on Belize from my (ANNE) point of view. All thoughts are random, and I'm drinking a beer as typing so I apologize for... Continue reading »
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Mayan Temple city of Tikal
Sleeplessly sober I got into St Elena to get a Tuc Tuc to the hostel, avoiding the mass of unshaven hobo looking guys who ascend upon you... Continue reading »
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El Remate and Biotopo Cerro Cahui, November 9, 2006
I didn’t sleep well last night. The barking of a large dog woke me up. It was still pretty early when I went to bed, so I decided to just... Continue reading »
