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For most people who bring a visit to the Maya ruins of Tikal, the town Flores is their base [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Flores is a friendly and colourful little town [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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A 'dead' Volkswagen Beetle in Flores [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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One of the cobblestone streets in Flores [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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A procession in Flores, of course on the way to the church [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Flores is an island-town in Lago Petén Itzá [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Overlanders from Argentina in a Volkswagen Bus [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Because Flores in an island-town, the boat is a much-used form of transport [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Sunday night market [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Simple, but very nice street side restaurant [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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A 5 Euro meal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Women are making flower chains for a procession the next day [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Tikal is often seen as the 'mother' of all Maya Archaeoligical sites in Central America. It is indeed an impressive ruin complex [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Huge Maya mask [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Many Maya temples are still in very good condition in Tikal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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View on Temple IV, towering above the surrounding jungle [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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The setting of Tikal in the middle of the jungle, makes the experience even more impressive [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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The Emerald Toucanet, a present-day inhabitant of Tikal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Old Mayan government quarters, with a ball game ground in the foreground [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Because Tikal is located in the middle of the jungle, you need to hike through the forest from temple to temple [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Temple V [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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A White-nosed Coati, another present-day resident of Tikal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Temple V is a very special temple in Tikal, because it is the only one with rounded edges [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Great views over the jungle from Temple IV, with other temples in the background [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Towering Temples in Tikal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Brown Jay [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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It is still impressive, can you imagine how it must have been during the Maya time? [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Us in Tikal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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No, this is not a Walt Disney creature, it is the Ocellated Turkey [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]
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Maya architecture in Tikal [Flores & Tikal / Guatemala]