12/2/10 - day 65. had to get up at the record-breakingly early time of half 4 to get the 5am bus up to Tikal. it´s generally thought of as one of the biggest and best mayan sites and its best to get there early to avoid the hoardes of tour groups. me and 2 other girls in the dorm caught the same bus there and it took and hour and a quarter. we decided not to get an expensive guide to tell us all about the ruins and just go around at our own pace. we met up wit...

11/2/10 - day 64. up at half 8 after a saggy but comfy nights sleep and got the boat to rio dulce village where i grabbed some fried chicken from a street vender and got on a 9am bus going way up north in guatemala to Flores. it was only 3 and a half hours long but felt a lot longer, with me finding this journey particularly boring for some reason. it was the 2nd day in a row the weather had been bad, raining on and off all morning. in an effort to save a bit...