Flores is an island in the Peten Itza lake. The lake is small in comparison with to the huge lakes we had seen earlier. The town itself is little but pretty. Due to the huge influx of tourists, the town has become quite turistic, therefore the prices are little higher than you'd expect but the town is geared as a base for both Tikal and genereal travel in Gauteala. Its been really hot so even though the lake wasn't pristine, we did spend some time in it. We reunited with our friends Susana and Ion here. Ameya a friend of susana had joined them a few weeks ago so now it was the 6 of us. Yannick, Ameya and Ion jumped off the peir into the lake while Susanna and I generally hung out in the lake cooling off. We stayed at a col hostel called Los Amigos. One of the owners Matheus is an indo phile and so Nu taught them an Indian recipe.
The next day we took off at 4.30 am to Tikal. Tikal is the largest Mayan ruins. It is set in the middle of the jungle and that makes the huge towers even more impressive. The oldest temple was built around 300 bc while most of the rest of the complex of temples were built around the 7th and 8th century. It is an impressive place but I think I've done too many ruins to really feel the enormity of being in such a place. We did see a toucan though! It is such a beautiful bird!!
The next day we set out to Lanquin and Semuc Champey.
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