All hail from Flores

Hi everyone,
so to catch you guys up so far:
We arrived into Guatemala yesterday and after a day of flying and a sleepless night we were exhausted. My Spanish is slowly coming back to me so we can do basic communication. We had a really nice cabby who picked us up from the airport and we stopped by the pharmacy to get toiletries and such. Then we had a small but delicious dinner at the hotel. Our hotel, La Casa de Don David, has really beautiful grounds with a hammock gazebo and luscious gardens but the rooms are pretty basic. I can't complain though because it's 18 dollars a night.

In the morning we were picked up for our trip to the Mayan ruins at 5:30am (brutal). Our guide was fantastic and the whole group was very educated. Mike and I even got a complex because they were all so well read and knowledgeable about the Mayan culture. The tour lasted from 6am to noon and we went all over Tical park. We have got some crazy pictures of animals and the different temples. The coolest thing is that the Mayans worshiped some kind of bird and the temples are built in such a way that when you clap your hands the sound that gets reflected from the temples sounds like that bird call. We will show everyone the pictures later so i don't want to get into details.

After the ruins we came back to the hotel, had lunch and rested for about 2 hours. Then we went out again and did the zip lining tour. We were in a group with 3 Germans that were scared and said "SUPER" EVERY TIME they made it on to the platform. We were very amused :). Zip lining was a blast and again pictures will be coming shortly. Now we have just eaten and going to start showering to turn in early. We have an early morning flight to Guatemala City. I will write more from Antigua.

Having a blast!