Travel Video – Tikal

Posted by Dave on 14 November 2009. Tags: blogsherpa, Central America, guatemala, tikal

Tikal National Park - Episode 4 from Two Backpackers on Vimeo.

Tikal National Park in Northern Guatemala is the largest excavated archaeological city from the Maya civilization and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We climbed temples that rose over 70 meters and unexpectedly found ourselves face to face with monkeys and other rain forest wildlife. View photo gallery.

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The latest High Definition video from Jason and Aracely at TwoBackpackers.com features my favorite Mayan ruins – Tikal in Guatemala. It looks like they had mistier weather than I did, however the video certainly captures what it feels like to be there – climbing the ruins and the rickety staircase up Temple 4, which actually looks like a newer version of the one I used (below).

One of my favorite aspects of Tikal is the abundance of wildlife, especially the colorful tropical birds. While I was there in 2006, I still had an old 35mm film camera, so my best attempts at bird photography left much to be desired.

Staircase to Temple IV in Tikal (May 2006)

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Dave Lee (Editor-in-Chief) blogged his way around the world from 2007-2009. When not writing, he can be found salsa dancing, and lamenting his untimely departure from Medellin. Follow him on Twitter @rtwdave

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