Flores Stories


Don't let me near another ATM! More misadventures in Flores...

Well, thinking about it too much blows your mind… Today I’m typing my entry whilst lying in the grass at the Grand Plaza of Tikal, surrounded by vast pyramids and other Mayan edifices that represent a history stretching back to 900BC, and a civilisation that flourished until about 900AD (when it mysteriously died out – no one really knows how or why). ...


Flores, Los Amigos Backpackers, Lago Peten Itza, Rasta Rolex

Flores, Los Amigos Backpackers, Lago Peten Itza, Rasta Rolex Flores, Lake Petan, rastlex After a couple of days at Tikal we decided to move on. We found a collectivo (minibus) that was going to Flores. This was the collectivo we had seen picking up the laundry from the Jaguar Inn. As we left Tikal we saw people sitting on the ground outside t...


Welcome to Guatemala!

Yesterday I crossed over the border from Belize to Guatemala. The difference was immediately noticable. Apart from the obvious problem with the plumbing/electricity situation (see photo), the roads are rougher and less people speak english. But the people that I´ve met are being very patient with my obvious lack of spanish. Today I was up at 3:30am t...


Floooooores

Getting over the border and into Flores, Guatemala took a while. Flores is just another cute little town with bright buildings and cobbled streets. But it is an island that´s in the middle of the country.. which is a bit fun. It´s surrounded entirely by a lake and when the Spanish conqured Guatemala they assumed it was uninhabited so it was one of the l...