"Night is just the day of the moon"
Up ridiculously early this morning (2:35 am), in order to go see the sunrise over the ruins of Tikal .. I really need to get some sleep, this is getting ridiculous!
Hiked through the jungle with a head lamp, via tarantulas and climbed temple 4 (a seriously underselling name for the biggest temple in the Mayan world). Sat up there as the scene in front slowly revealed itself .. through the fog and mist, the sun slowly emerged to show the jungle and temples in all their splendour .. I would liken it to watching a beautiful woman slowly undress .. yes I enjoyed it that much!
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| Sunrise over Tikal |
After this the tour guide showed us around the exposed part of the complex (again like Palenque most of it is still covered in jungle), saw quite a few animals - woodpeckers, howler monkeys, spider monkeys, coatimundis (like a racoon), wild turkeys, crocodiles, agouti (like a bigger guinea pig).
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| A very excited photo of me :) |
Tonight I have to get the overnight bus to Antigua .. don´t want to go alone (as it requires a change in Guatemala City - which I have been told to avoid), hence I am going with Keely (the english girl) .. am thinking I will stay in a different hostel to her in Antigua .. as I kinda feel a bit stalkery (we have been doing a lot of the same stuff together since San Cristobal).
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