The plan was to skip Guatemala completely due to the scary recent increase in violent hijackings of buses around all tourist areas in the country. We were aiming to catch the Honduras to Belize ferry.... until we read that the company that runs this route loses on average one boat EVERY month, given that the boat only runs once a week we decided that these were odds we didn´t particularly like, so Guatemala it was. Lucky we made that decision as the day we were due to get the boat Hurricane Richard hit Belize! Phew.
Headed to a market town of Chiquimula first, border crossing was a breeze, if a little blocked up with banana lorries! Had to then endure what was supposed to be a seven hour journey on another rusty school bus. After nine hours we still werent there and then the tyre exploded. No need to get us off the bus to jack it up though! Incredible! Made it safe and sound to Flores, a lovely little town on a lake island, twas all very tranquil apart from some dude who kept shooting birds! Headed to the world famous Tikal for the day, really was amazing. Lots of wildlife too, tarantulas (which one mad aussie woman kissed.... what is with the australians!??), ant eater things, toucans, jungle peacocks things (the technical names!!) howler monkeys (which sound like jaguars) and spider monkeys (which nicely aim their poo at you to make their presence known!!). Hurricane Richard passed over us in the night, wasn´t too bad, lots of wind, rain and noise.
Your first paragraph made me laugh...
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