Lake Atitlán, Guatemala (ah-teet-lahn) sits in a volcanic caldera known to have been created 1.8 million years ago. The lake is the deepest in Central America at over 1,100 feet at its deepest point. All this stuff didn’t really draw us to the lake however. What did was all the stories from other travelers that […]
Lake Atitlan, The Most Beautiful Lake In The World Lake Atitlan was a place we only wanted to visit for a few days, you know… drop in get to know it, then move on. Not so fast! This place wouldn’t losen it’s grip on us. It’s no wonder Aldous Huxley called it The Most Beautiful […]
Semuc Champey is one of those… special places in the world! Not only is it off the beaten path, but the area around the waterfalls and pools were so remote, the conquistadores of old couldn’t get here and was a safe place for most Maya living here. Lanquin is the Mayan Village close to Semuc […]
Antigua, Guatemala Architecture and Churches Antigua doesn’t disappoint! This town brims with colonial Spanish architecture and churches that show off the baroque style of buildings that are ornate and over the top in beauty. A series of earthquakes in the 1700s destroyed many of them spurring the Spanish to move the capital, then called Santiago […]
A must see Guatemalan historical site is Antigua, Guatemala. It’s one the oldest and shining examples of early Spanish colonial city planning in Latin America. A basic grid plan that dates back to 1543! Its religious, private and government buildings are some of the best preserved Spanish colonial architecture in Guatemala. Walking on its cobblestone streets […]
We left Tikal at 7:30am after a wonderful birthday trip to Tikal. Heading from Tikal, we thought we might spend the night in Chetumal, Mexico and then move on to Tulum in the morning and then spend the rest of our time there, before flying back home from Cancun where we had started. Leaving Tikal was hard, and we […]
Tikal Sunrise Tour – A Birthday to Remember Often traveling around, you get the chance to pow-wow with other travelers and get some ideas of where YOU want to go. We had heard from some other travelers, that watching the sunrise at Temple IV of Tikal was something special. We knew right then, that this […]
The Tikal Ruins are a gem in Guatemala! No where else we visited in the realm of Mayan Ruins was quite as special as this place. We did the sunrise tour on Temple IV and it was life changing and unforgettable. We loved the fact that you could hike around the complex in the Peten […]
Tikal National Park is to Guatemala what Angkor Wat is to Cambodia or the Taj Mahal is to India. The Guatemalan people are very proud of the history and culture the Tikal Ruins represent. And rightly so considering it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. We were excited to be able to explore […]
Traveling via bus in Central America is common for travelers and locals alike. Not being familiar with how the transportation system works can be frustrating for foreigners. You are typically sold a ticket for a certain kind of bus and told vaguely how things will work. More often than not things do not go as […]