We unfortunately missed all the trips going to Tikal today, as we didn't manage to surface until about 10am. So we settled on having a lazy day & took to exploring the streets of Flores, which is attached to the mainland by a 600m causeway. It was my Mum's birthday today (Happy Birthday Mum), so a little bit of Skyping over food & sorting out our washing, aided me in forgetting it was our anniversary today (8 years together!). D'oh! Sorry treacle. As a re...

A 7:00am start was a bit of a killer after our previous night, but as we had another uncomfortable minibus journey leaving at 8am to take us to Flores, we didn't have any option. Rach struggled for the first 1.5 hours & jumped out at the first opportunity to nurse her hangover & grab a seat in the front. With a stop at McDs for breakfast & another stop for our old favourite, ham & cheese sarnies for lunch, meant the journey took us 10 hours, with ...