Photos from the Petén region in Guatemala, gateway to the ruins of the great Mayan city of Tikal.
I was especially taken by the absurd beer tree perched on the highest point in Flores, the tiny island town where we stayed while visiting Tikal. This island was once the home of the Itza and the site one of the last independent Mayan kingdom, Tayasal. Naturally the Spanish eventually got around to destroying the place, along with the rest of the Mayan world, in the name of god and king. Then went broke.
Guatemalan snowmanwhere once the mighty
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