Tikal

Let's see.....oh, I forgot to mention the hummingbirds yesterday. When I ate my lunch I watched a family of them drinking from the feeder. It reminded me of my mum, she loved hummingbirds. There a lots of kids flying kites around here, it's very neat to see.

This morning, I got up to catch a 5:30am shuttle to Tikal. There was a guide on the bus and I joined his tour with two German girls. Very insightful. Tikal is quite large, and there are many structures still undiscovered. The maya built it approximately 1,800 years ago and it was only discovered in the mid 1800's. The jungle had litterally engulfed it when the Maya mysteriously vanished a few hundred years ago. Most of the temples look just large hills, but if you unearth them, viola.

Saw lot of monkeys and birds. Gotta watch where you step, and look up!

Oh, and when it rains it is slippery as all hell. It rained today. The area is built on lime stone (at least I think that's what he said) Climbing down was terrifying. I did baby steps. And opted out of climbing the last one. Mama didn't raise no fool.

The coolest thing though, here, horses and chickens just roam the street. The driver just slows and beeps. It's all good.