The Belize Guatemala border was nowhere near as scary as we had anticipated. In fact, it all went rather smoothly. It was our first experience being approached by a guide, and to be honest, was the best $5 I had ever spent. He was an adorable 10 year old boy, who claimed to be attending school in the morning and working at the border as his after school job. I think his helped cut an hour (at least) off the process of border paperwork. Our first stop in Guatemala was the Myan temple of Tikal. It was one of the earlier surviving temples, so was a little simpler in design. What it lacked in fancy stone work however, it made up for in size. This place was HUGE. We splurged and hired a guide for the morning, which turned out to be great value, it was much cheaper to hire a guide in Guatemala than Mexico, and a lot of the information they provide answered questions we had while visiting ruins in Mexico. The park surrounding the ruins was brimming with animals. We spotted Howler monkeys, spider monkeys, toucans and a huge family of coatis waving their striped trails in the air to avoid being separated from the group. |
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