Guatemala
(June, 2005)
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A long, long stair that took us
up to the top of one of the temples in the Tikal Mayan site in
Guatemala. Tikal made the other Mayan sites we had seen up to
this point seem small by comparison. |
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The view from the top |
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One of the temples as seen from
the ground. |
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This is what a Mayan building
site looks like after the vegetation has been cleared away, but before
the archeologists restore it. |
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The main acropolis area of Tikal. |
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A trail of leaf cutter ants up a
tree trunk. |
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Standing under an awning
to get out of the rain, watching a soccer game on TV through the
window of the pizza place in central Coban, Guatemala |
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This
entire river disappears into a hole in the ground, then reappears
a half mile later emerging from another hole? Rio Cahabon, Guatemala
(near Coban). |
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Guatemalan
countryside as seen from out a bus window. |
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Looking for a bus stop in Coban
we saw a procession. We never did find the bus, or perhaps it
re-routed because of the parade. |
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I would have thought that they
would have rigged up some kind of a wheeled cart for the xylophone, but
these guys just carried it as the musician played. |
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In San Pedro on
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. This was our view from a room that
cost less than $10 a night. |
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San Pedro was a small
town. It did have a couple of streets (2 to be exact), but
mostly people got around on paths like this. |
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These guys were digging this
immense hole in the ground through rock behind the hotel. Kathryn
thinks it was for a septic sump. Dan thought maybe a well.
Either way we were drinking bottled water. |
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In the mornings the women would
bathe and do laundry in the lake. Even the linens and sheets at
the hotel were washed in the lake. |
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The view of town from the top of
the hotel. The laundry is hung to dry from lines on the rooftops. |
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A fisherman in his
dugout. The Lake Atitlan dugouts had high bows. |
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There was a carnival and
bullfight in San Pedro
while we were there. One of the activities was this greased
pole. There was a prize at the top, a pair of Nike shoes. Just do
it! |
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A street crowded with people
heading for the festival. |
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Night comes to Lake Aititlan. |