Cuevas and the road to Coban

Woke up early in Tikal. The jungle makes you feel incredibly small. Like being at sea.

Cafe in Flores on the shores of Peten

So I got civilized again. For a little while.

watch out for herds of cattle on the highway

Took some backroads cross country and there were some department of archaeolgica caves not too far off the main back road.

"anderson" the 10 y.o. spelunker. gave him my North Face butt pack and he loved it.

trippy grottos and openings in this cave system. and all kinds of pottery shards and ancient hearths and all kinds of crap in there. and we were just walking around, waking up bats, and doing whatever we wanted in this ancient site.

"main" back road

waiting for another ferry

ferry captain sits in a bathtub with an outboard on a traveler system on the downstream side of the boat. 5 Quetzales or about 60 cents for the crossing.