Is it Tingle or Tikal?

It's Tikal- the ancient pyramid ruins. You are smack in the middle of a jungle.

We spent a few days there just before everyone left. Our flight going there was interesting on TAG airline. Small airplane. The flight attendant opened the door on the runway for 2 late passengers. I thought we were being highjacked. Coming home was even better when we only had 19 seats and the other 3 people had to come on the next flight. We found this out as the door was closed by the pilot. Yolanda our Spanish translator (another talent), had to interupt the pilot to see what was going on. Liz, Diane and Hannah were left on the tarmac in shock. We just laughed. It was that or scream in fear over the noise on this small plane that we all wondered about. We even clapped when we landed. We were so happy!

Tikal was extremely humid. We were all sticky and smelly. Luckily our rooms were huge huts. 2 double beds in each. Huge bathrooms. Only thing is there is no power from 10:30 pm until first thing in the morning. Boy it was dark in that room. Those flashlights that go on your head sure were helpful (can't remember what they are called). I bought mine at Superstore just before I left. The room had an opening around the ceiling- kind of like windows- screens only. It was so cool hearing all the jungle noises all night. I LOVED that room. It was the best in accomodations this trip so far!!

Whatever spare time we had was spent by the pool. There were tons of mosquitos everywhere. Dragonflies. Fireflies. Remember those? Everywhere.

We had several nature walks or hikes (call them what you like) around the ruins. Julio our guide was an expert. A bit too detailed if you asked me. We saw all sorts of stuff. Scary stuff. He worked on the Survivor show along with a lot of the locals. I don't know when that episode was, but I went to a small part of where they were. YUP- believe it or not!

And Steve..........you didn't get a search and rescue call out for me!