We booked a trip through a travel agency. The highlight of booking the trip was asking if things were included and hearing the guy saying every time "It's included." So we left from Palenque at 6AM to Yaxchilan (took a boat to get there). I really liked these ruins because they didn't seem as touristy and they were in the jungle. We then went to Bonampak which was cool too. Our bus driver was a funny guy named Marcelo and he told me some great jokes in Spanish. That night we stayed in cabins with a guy that was in traditional Mayan dress I think... We also did our laundry by hand hoping that it would dry by the next morning. It was wetter in the morning haha. Fortunately, when we were in the boat, we were able to dry some of our clothes with the wind and while we waited for the bus, we were able to put our clothes up on a clothesline that was nearby.
The next morning we took a boat to Guatemala and then waited a couple of hours and took a 3 hour bus ride to Flores - a city that is on a lake. Unfortunately, the bus there was quite dusty and turned my new white shirt to tan. The guy from the travel agency had lied to us though and everything wasn't included. It wasn't that we had to pay more as it was not that much, but more the principle of the thing. Oh well. Things like that are to be expected when traveling.
Today we went to Tikal to see the ruins there. Amazing. Huge and spread throughout the jungle. Templo V was my favorite as it is super steep to climb and when you get to the top you feel almost like you are falling. We woke up at 4:30 AM for that. Tomorrow, we are waking up at the same time to go to Chetumal, Mexico. The sad part is Jono and Belinda are continuing their travels in southern Guatemala and so this will be the last time I will see them on this trip.
Soon i have to delete photos to be able to keep taking more haha... dang it.
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