At dawn this morning we hiked all through Nacionale Parque Tikal, the most famous Mayan ruins in the world. Gorgeous, especially in the early morning light! We got some great pictures and totally exhausted ourselves. This computer is really slow and I can hear it overheating, so I am not going to try to upload pictures...again. Sorry! Today has been a little harrying, as there was not a bus to Coban as I thought, so we have to stay the night in Flores. Negotiating all that was really tiring and my brain hurt for awhile. A 10 dollar room in Guatemala is uh, just what you might expect it to be. Thankfully, there are no bedbugs and it is clean enough, but the showerhead looks like it could electrocute us.
Last night the ancient proprietor of La Casa de Don David, aptly named David, took Eric and me and a little family tarantula hunting on the hotel grounds. There were TONS, and they all had lovely rosy backsides. David (who has to be in his mid eighties or maybe even 90) swiftly captured a couple of them and let them crawl around on the dad and son of the little family....and Eric too! I, thank you very much, was perfectly happy to take pictures and not let a giant spider (ie monster) crawl on me with its huge fangs. I have a good picture of Eric and spider beaming though!
In the morning, we are on another 6.5 hour bus ride to the south, into the mountainous region of Alta Verapaz. We will stay at El Retiro near Semuc Champey, commonly called the 8th world wonder. Google it and see! (because there is a man here eyeing me with some impatience). El Retiro for two days, hopefully much better internet because it is a place in demand the world over, then to Tactic to stay with a cool Peace Corps volunteer named Kate. We hope you are all well and miss you and Inga!
Also....FELICIDADES to Rebecca and Jason on the purchase of their first home!
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