A trip to Flores in Guatemala where we discovered a cool local festival
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Flores, Guatemala
Most people go to Flores to see Tikal. We did too but we were pleasantly surprised by the town once we got there. Flores is an island which is connected to the much larger town of Santa Elena by a causeway. We traveled to and from Flores by collective from San Ignacio, Belize. You canContinue reading “Flores, Guatemala”
Flores, Guatemala – The Dance of the Dolls
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We have been privileged to experience some pretty cool local festivals including New Year’s in Quito, and Fashing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and we stumbled into another one in Flores in January. We went for a walk around town and came across a big party which had spilled…
Tikal Guatemala
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We used Flores as a base for this trip. It is also possible to book a tour from Belize or to stay in the park but there are only a few places in the park. Tikal is one of the largest Mayan sites in Central America and its not…
San Ignacio to Flores Guatemala
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To get from San Ignacio to the Guatemala boarder you can take a taxi or you can take the chicken bus to Benaue Vicjo del Carmen and a taxi from there to the boarder. The general feeling was that you don’t save much by taking the bus. The owner…
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