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FloresThe town of Flores ( 110 m ) is built on an island on Lago de Petén Itzá, a small damm connects it to the town of Santa Elena. Flores is a very neat small town with narrow streets and many small hotels and restaurants. I stayed there at the Hotel Santana ( $20 ), it's located at the beginning of Calle 30 de Junio ( hotelsantana@guate.net ). Many tourists just fly into Santa Elena, drive up to Tikal fly back the ( next ) day to Guatemala City, I would recommend to spend some more time in El Petén, even I was running out of time with my planned 5 days ( 4 nights ). |
Flores, seen from Santa Elena |
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| View on Lago de Petén Itzá from my room |
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At around 2pm we turned around to get back to the boat and at 5pm we were back in Flores. At 6pm Lori came by, first we did enjoy the wonderful sunset over the Lago de Petén Itzá from the terrace of my room. Than we went together for dinner to the "Mayan Princess Cafe & Cinema" ( at corner: Calle 10 de Septiember & Av La Reforma ), there an entree - a main dish and a soup - did cost 30 GTQ, very tasty food and great atmosphere. After the dinner I said goodby to Lori and returned to my hotel. The following day, Wednesday, I strolled again through Flores and around noon I got on my way to the airport of Santa Elena to catch my flight back to Guatemala City. There I stayed for another night in the Hotel Pan American, I've picked up my big backpack in the Lobby and than started to pack everything for my flight the next day to Costa Rica. So it was time to say goodbye to Guatemala! I really would have liked to stay there for at least another month - there is so much more to see in this amazing country with it's ancient cultural sites and friendly people. |
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