We arrived in Flores, which is the satellite town to Tikal, home of the ancient Mayan ruins, and pretty much what you come to Guatemala for. That, and of course, the travelling circus.

It's a quaint little town on the lake. Ice cream here melts at mach speed. There's a little tidbit that Lonely Planet doesn't share with ya.

We watched the sunset with our Canadian friends last night. The place was on the water with a lovely view.

Today, we visited the Mayan ruins at Tikal.

Buses here, in case you didn't guess from our last post, aren't quite the TTC. We got on the "Sunrise" bus which is supposed to get you there on time to see the Sunrise over the ruins.

Let's just say that while we didn't get to see the notorious Sunrise over Tikal, the view of the Sunrise over our driver's head was stunning.

We arrived in Tikal 20 minutes later.

We decided to get a guide. An official guide. We'd spend big bucks and share the cost among five of us, which worked out to about US$12 each ($60 total) for a three hour tour... A three hour tour.

We met our guide in the park. His name was Señor Makeitupasyougoalong.

He showed us around the ruins, creatively named "Temple 1", "Temple 2" and so on.

Joking aside, it really was amazing, and the highlight of our trip so far.

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, and since my fingers are getting tired, and since we got up at 4am this morning... Enjoy...