"So much universe, and so little time" – Terry Pratchett
Flores, Guatemala, is said to be a backpacker haven and sure enough we saw a lot of them about, ourselves (somewhat) included. Flores is an interesting little town full of colorful buildings and cobblestone streets. It is an island in the middle of the large Petén Itzá Lake (Lago Petén Itzá) with just a single road connecting it to the mainland.…
Day one here, day two here and day 3 here. For days 4 & 5, El Mirador to Flores, keep on reading!
I am going to keep this last post about the El Mirador hike short. We started walking back early on the fourth day. You use the same trail out as you did coming in but the views still change and we were lucky enough to see lots of monkeys on the way back!…
Previous day here.
We all woke at 5:30 a.m. and started getting ready to hike to El Mirador. It was still dark so we all had a torch in one hand and our stuff in the other. It didn’t take long to get ready and then we were sitting at the breakfast table.…
You know that feeling when you just start something and you realize you have a loooong way to go? Well that hit me about 3 minutes into this hike. We had barely left Carmelita and I thought ‘we have a lot of walking ahead of us!’.…
I found out about the hike to El Mirador a week or so after I got back from Colombia (The Lost City trek while I was Googling other hikes to do. From the day I got back from Colombia, I wanted to plan another one and when I stumbled on El Mirador I knew it was the one!…
Swimming with whale sharks has been on my bucket list for the past few years. When I realized you could swim with them at Gladden Spit close to Placencia Belize I decided to add it into my trip to hike to El Mirador in Guatemala! It took some planning because you have to book to swim with them in certain months plus it has to be around a full moon (and places book up in advance)!…
