Welcome to Guatemala!
2008-02-24, Flores, Guatemala. By: mira

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 ar...

Floooooores
2007-12-29, Flores, Guatemala. By: shannyn

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 coun...

Goodbye Guatemala xx
2007-11-13, Flores, Guatemala. By: cbr600f

I was really sad to leave Guatemala, Antigua felt like home. Some of my favourite memories .... The Guatemaltecos are absolutely great people with a real sense of family, I don't think I ever once ...

An early start and some sightseeing
2007-11-12, Flores, Guatemala. By: cbr600f

I left Antigua with a heavy heart and a tear in my eye and got the bus to Flores. It left at 10pm and was an overnighter, arriving here in Flores at 5:30am - I watched the sun rise as I sat on a pavem...

Guatemala boarder crossing
2007-07-27, Flores, Guatemala. By: ezza

Left Mexico for Guatemala! We had only 2 weeks in Mex as we were hoping Guatemala would be more cheaper, and we were right! Love that exchange rate... Crossed the Mexico boarder near Polenque by bus,...

jumanji
2007-07-26, flores, Guatemala. By: vorn

san christobal to flores san christobal de las casas is s really cool town with tiny little streets, noisy markets and colourful old school buildings. we stayed in a very colourful little hostel an...

Biting the Hand that feeds you: a gripe about Guatemala
2007-07-16, Flores, Guatemala. By: pedrofletc

The things that you see in Guatemala more than make up for the small inconveniences that have to be dealt with, but in this entry, I am writing about the thing that one thing that is really shitting m...

Sketchy river and boat rides, and alas more bed bugs
2007-03-19, Flores, Guatemala. By: dinitick

So Joel and went to San Cristobal de las casas where i at last fell victim to Montezuma´s revenge. we had a great but slightly expensive room with a fireplace, that we did use as it was freezing, and...

monkey business
2006-07-08, Flores, Guatemala. By: lyndz

Hi All Nothing like a little update first thing on a monday morning, what does it feel like to have to get up so dreadfully early on a monday morning again to get to work?... answers to our guestb...

Tikal and spider monkeys
2006-07-06, Flores, Guatemala. By: sarahk33

We traveled to Guatemala on Sunday and spent our last week on the island of Flores. I had a bad sunburn from sitting by the pool one morning so traveling by minibus was a little difficult. We have had...

Pyramids, stars and crazy travels
2006-06-19, Flores, Guatemala. By: ellamae

Yet another dispatch from the crazy streets of Guatemala. Last week was spent at the project for 2 days and then sick in bed for the next 3. Apparently if you have not eaten meat in 14 years, it i...

Tikal
2006-04-29, Flores, Guatemala. By: deadeven

The ruins of Tikal are different than Copan. Whereas Copan is known for its stellas, carved stone statues recording deeds of tis rulers, Tikal is known for its building structures. Many of these str...

off to belize
2006-02-14, flores, Guatemala. By: justin

for our next journal entries go to the belize heading on the right. spent yesterday on the busses for about 10hrs. at one point we got so bored and giddy these three kids that were falling asleep sitt...

Ups and Downs
2006-02-11, Flores, Guatemala. By: justin

Me and my husband are in Gueatemala...Flores at the moment. It was a beautiful sun set. We had taken a bus at 5am in the morning from Uspatain and had to transfer busses 3 more times to get here at 63...

Caves, Pools, and Ruins
2005-10-09, Flores, Guatemala. By: scottr128

Hola I am coming off the best week of the trip so far and am leaving for Belize in the morning to do some scuba diving. I’m really excited to see a new country especially since they speak English ...

Alive and well
2005-10-07, Flores, Guatemala. By: scottr128

Hola Just a really quick note to say that Hurricane Stan hasn´t affected me or my travel plans at all. Actually I didn´t even hear about it until yesterday and we really haven't gotten all that mu...

Getting Going in Guatemala
2003-09-16, Flores, Guatemala. By: jmjourney

We made it safely to Flores, Guatemala, for the three-day weekend of Independence Day festivities. This also meant, we quickly found out, that not only the banks but also the ATMs would be closed unti...