Tikal, Flores and Antigua in Guatemala

After a very stormy night at Caye Caulker,I yesterday morning at 7.30 left it by speed boat to Belize mainland. During that night I several times thought that this tropical storm would take my cottage and me with it.Then after 7 ours of travelling I finally reached Tikal, the ancient city of Mayas. Nothing went as promised by the probably Pakistani travel agent but on the other hand it was an interesting journey
trough beautiful Guatemala.
Tikal was discovered in the jungle 1848 and opened to public 1956. It´s history covers years 1500 B.C. to 925 A.D., when the city was mysteriously abandoned. It is also today really in the middle of a jungle as a protected area because of it´s rich fauna and flora. It will be closed every day at 6PM until next morning. There were on the road warnings of cougars or panthers and snakes. I found Tikal much more exciting than Chichen Itza in Mexico. I then took a shuttle to Isla de FLores,where I had a romantic dinner on a lake restaurant by myself. Three hours later I sat again in a bus for all the night on my way to Antigua via Guatemala City, and arrived here at 6AM.this morning. I soon found a very simple hotel for two nights for US$ 6. only. I got the room immediately and went to sleep for 3 hours.
I also had slept on the bus 5 to 6 hours, so I did not need more sleep anymore.
Now I am exploring this very colonial looking small town and enjoying good local Gallo cerveza.