We got up at 6 today and left at 7:30 to avoid most of the midday heat. They said it would be a 5 hour trek, however, we'd need to wait till 3:30 to buy out ticket for the ruins as it would include the following day then. Therefore, we walked at a slower pace with larger rests. Again it seemed cooler again, this may just be the tree cover.
All of this was good as we had to cary our own packs today. This was partially because no horses are allowed in Tikal but mainly because of the path.
On the first day the trail was well trodden and wide enough to drive a car dwn, yet it was the ardest slog. Day 2, the path was wide enough for two to walk abrest but narrowed to single file by the end. Day 3, however, was proper jungle. If our guides weren't there I wouldn't have realised there was a path at all. At points, tree's had fallen over the path so we had to make wide detours to go around them.
This was the path!
When we were 5 minutes from the ruins our guides went off to get changed. They came back, smart shoes, crisp shirts, aftershave and combed hair. We were all wearing the same clothes for 3 days, hadn't washed, or brushed our teeth. In short we STANK!
At the hotel I discovered the 3 best feelings ever!
1) Washing off 3 days of jungle grime off.
2) Brushing 3 day dirty teeth.
3) Putting on clean clothes.
As close to bliss as possible!
We take personal hygiene for granted that's for sure!! xxxx
ReplyDeleteIn the right circumstances its quite nice being feral! :P
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