Into Guatamala

We crossed our fourth border in Central America and entered Guatamala. Amazingly, we have not encountered all the bureaucracy that we have read about, in fact they have been some of our quickest borders!

Rio Dulce was an interesting small town we stayed at; it is where a lot of sailors moor up during hurricane season in the Caribbean. The views were lovely whilst drinking a cold beer, with what looks like the Orwell bridge in the background!

We stayed for a couple of days beside Lake Peten Itza.

At Tikal we visited the impressive Mayan ruins deep in the jungle. At Copan we saw brilliant stone sculptures but here at Tikal it's the structures that impress; the tallest of which, Temple IV, is about 70 metres tall. We also saw a lot of wildlife there.

This (below) is the view from Temple IV with Temples I, II and V poking through the jungle canopy!

However, for some young Gringos there are more important things to do!

The huge Ceiba trees are awesome with their huge canopy and buttress roots. They are the national tree of Guatamala and are protected to some extent.

We saw plenty of wildlife including Keel Toucans, the colourful Ocellated Turkey (who is amazingly colourful, with baubles on his head), Spider and Howler Monkeys and the Coati.