JUNGLE TREK
One of Tom’s local friends, Kenneth, offered us a 5-days-trek in the jungle from a place called El Remate, near Flores, to the ruins of Tikal, the trek going through 3 other Mayan sites. Wonderful! But it was rainy season…
Armed with machetes, we walked the 1st day under the sun the half of the 10km of dirt road leading to Yaxcha, led by our guide Filin (literally meaning cat-fish). A pick-up saved us from the 5 other km. We visited the site, surounded by monkeys, and camped under the leaves roofs made by the site for visitors.
The following day we walked on jungle paths to the 2nd site, Nakum. As the 3rd site was unpractical, we chilled in Nakum the 3rd day, enjoying the Mayan ruins and the peace they bring, and spending 2 nights in the sites facilities, with the songs of the frogs and toads as a lullaby.
We walked the almost entire 4th day under the rain, camped in the wild jungle, woke up in the middle of the night in a flooded tent, and waited til the morning trying our best to keep dry.
It was hilarious how much effort we put in it, when the first thing on the 5th day was to cross a river tight-high. I gave my last dry pair of socks to Kenneth that morning. Stupid. We walked the last day in the flooded jungle, like rebels during the guerrilla.
An unforgettable experience.
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| Mowgli ! |
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| Yaxcha |
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| 1st night |
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| Tom testing the amazing sound properties of the site... |
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| ... in every ways possible! |
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| 2nd night |
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| Nakum |
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| Mayan King's Bed |
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| Camp for the last night |
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| Wet, wet, wet.... |
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| ... but still alive, and smily! |
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| El Remate |
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| Tikal |
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