Exploring Tikal
During my travels to Guatemala, I spent 3 days visiting the ruins of the Mayan city known as Tikal and the town of Santa Marta in Guatemala. First we flew to Santa Elena, then took a bus to Tikal. The ruins of this Mayan city sit in the middle of the jungle north of Guatemala close to the border with Mexico and British Honduras. This city was complete with two temples at either end of a city square the length of many football fields. For the next two days, we spent exploring the ruins. Walking up one of the pyramids was fun, hard exercise, and exhilarating at the same time. You could sense the amount of time these pyramids have been in existence and what they have witnessed. A civilization's rise,…