The hairs on our arms stood on end as we sat shivering in a bus at 4am on our way to Tikal. The famous Mayan ruins, built based on the suns position. Arriving we were thrilled to find out we each received a FREE tea or coffee. So we carefully selected our drinks, sat down and enjoyed the pleasure of a FREE drink. But then, much to our dismay and shock, the waiter chased after us and accused us of stealing our drinks - embarrassing us in front of the entire group...

After yet another early wake up in order start our journey to Flores in Guatamala we almost missed our boat due to our stomach's constant need for food! As we hurried back to the dock with food in hands we had to laugh as the captain was on his bike about to come an look for us. The journey took 6hrs sat at the back of a sweltering mini bus with three guys from New York who literally sat on our laps and would not shut up. We arrived in Flores and settled into wh...