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The Eccentric Garifuna of Livingston Guatemala and Hike to Los Siete Altares

February 26, 2014 By John Widmer 9 Comments

Livingston, Guatemala lies on the country’s Caribbean coast and although it is not an island, it is only reachable by boat. No roads connect it with the mainland, giving it an island flair. We took a lancha a few hours down the beautiful Rio Dulce to get there. One thing […]

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Roaming Around a Flooded Flores, Guatemala

February 25, 2014 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

We did enjoy our visit to the quaint island town of Flores, Guatemala which lies in Lake Peten Itza. But we thought one full day here was plenty of time unless it’s being used jumping off point to visit nearby Tikal. The town is gorgeous; there are some decent restaurants […]

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Roaming Around the Magical Mayan Ruins of Tikal

February 24, 2014 By John Widmer 4 Comments

We had visited eight different Mayan ruin sites while in Mexico. Some were quite impressive but after seeing the fourth or fifth site, we kind of got ruined-out. So since being diagnosed with ruin-fatigue, we were actually very much considering bypassing Tikal and going a different route into Guatemala altogether. […]

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The “Spectacular” Tikal Sunrise

February 24, 2014 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Tikal is an extremely impressive Mayan ruin site set in the Guatemalan rain forest. We were told the sunrise over the rain forest from atop one of the pyramids was something absolutely not to be missed. So we stayed at a lodge on site and woke up at 3:30 AM […]

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