On friday at 6am we got in to a van, hopped on a boat the got another bus in order to cross the boarder into Guatemala. Flores is a really quite place... too quite for me, but i really did appreciate how beautiful it was.
On our first day we lazed around alot- sitting in hammocks, swimmimg in the lake (both before breakfast and after watching the sunset). Its so green in guatemala- palm trees are everywhere. What did suprise me though is how the locals will casually stroll around with guns tucked into belts around their jeans. All the same, they´re really friendly and helpful.
We had dinner at a really lovely restuarant over looking the lake with a couple of cocktails (only 1pound here). In the evening we came across a small bar absoloutly packed with people dancing to a live band- it was so much fun. When the band ended, we headed next door to a club playing loud latin music and danced til we couldn´t feel our feet anymore. Unlike party Mexico though- everything in Guatemala closes at 1am- bars, night clubs... everything.
The next day was another chilled day and in the evening we snuggled up in this really cute cafe and watched a dvd with a free bowl of pop corn and nchos with salsa and guacamole.
Early start the next day, as we got the 5am bus to Tikal, a beautiful old maya city, surrounded by jungle. We passed a lake with a crocodile lazing by the bank on our way in and also saw a racoon and a monkey swining through the trees! To get to the top of one of the temples, we had to climb a 58m wooden ladder. In truth i was terrified, but the view was so worth it. Jungle stretched as far as the eye could see only broken up by the odd stone temple or ruin.
That night we got a night bus to Antigua, an all together much livlier place!
I'd love to see that jungle view! And maybe paint it on a huge canvas!xx
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