Day One -- Tj and I arrive at the airport in Belize City. Our cabbie, "Tosh" entertained us for the hour and a half to Santa Elena/San Ignacio
Viewed: 124 times.
|
Tj takes a set at the cabana
Viewed: 112 times.
|
The pool at Maya Mountain lodge
Viewed: 106 times.
|
Tj and I eat our first dinner at the lodge. All 3 meals were included for our 6 day stay. Very tasty food and more than enough to go around!
Viewed: 97 times.
|
Day Two -- The Guatemela border on our way to Tikal
Viewed: 96 times.
|
Hugo shows us the Ceiba Tree
Viewed: 98 times.
|
The Cieba Tree was important to the Maya for its representation of the states of being. The underworld (roots), middle world that they lived in (trunk), and the heavens (braches). The Ceiba tree was said to support the 13 gods and heaven.
Viewed: 97 times.
|
Ceiba Tree sign
Viewed: 91 times.
|
Howler Monkies
Viewed: 103 times.
|
Howler Monkies
Viewed: 87 times.
|
Ruins of Tikal
Viewed: 90 times.
|
Unexcavated ruins under that hill
Viewed: 86 times.
|
Jaguar Temple. Jaguars were the embodiment of the Sun god as it passed through the underworld at night and triumphed every morning as it rose in the East again
Viewed: 94 times.
|
Tj at Tikal
Viewed: 91 times.
|
Tikal ruins
Viewed: 88 times.
|
