mayaphile

#1 doesn't write from very well observed experiences on this branch. This thread will likely remain, just as the one I earlier posted about...

Good point. I will pass it along. I have no doubts about the scruples of my contact, but you have no reason to see it that way..

See the info here (http://atitlanmarathon.com/). This sounds like a great way to not only hike safely in the area, but to also help support...

I recall that in the interim, I got word back that a couple guys got arrested in San Miguel and the impression was that it had to do with...

The problem that anyone wishing to monopolize the Mirador Basin has is that the main hike itself has become a lot easier. Finally someone...

I thought I had responded here, but apparently not. You can take your things on the public bus and NOT stay at Tikal. There is a small...

This is the info I have on Tikal public buses: ...

Misterbee, not being stupid, we flew to the San Francisco from the Philadelphia.

BuenasCosasGT, I always refer to Petén or the Petén Jungle. It's kind of how I never say that I grew up in the Illinois or that I used to...

Solohobo, your ability to take things out of context suggests that you are a politician of some sort. I have rarely trekked, so although I...

Presumably round trip, too. The guide lives not all that far from Carmelita, so he charges separately for transport.

Some with great hyperbole call Semuc Champey the "eighth wonder of the World".I do think that you could make the argument that it is more...

Night time at Tikal can be dull, but as a fan of the so many Maya ruins, especially in Petén, daytime is fine there. ...

Somehow a good number of my friends are intrigued by El Mirador and there are several of us who keep heading back. One whose hobby is...

I saw this too late to be of much assistance. All three overnight buses are fine, but the cushy ones downstairs on the FDN Especial buses...