On to Poptun!

     After two days of dealing with food poisoning, we finally gathered enough strength to make it to the Mayan ruins of Tikal.  It was, by far, the biggest ruin site we had been to.  We didn't have much energy but managed to see the entire grounds and even climb the largest temple.  There happen to be a Mayan ceremony just starting as we were leaving so it was a treat to see some of the locals practicing their own form of worship.

 The next day we traveled from Flores to Finca Ixobel just outside of Poptun.  It's a reasonably priced, eco--hostel that caters to backpackers.  The food here is awesome and the tours are cheap!  It rained all last night so, once again, we fell asleep to the pitter patter of rain on our tin roof.  The rain had stopped by morning so we went on a two hour horseback tour of the surrounding countryside.  It's interesting to see how the locals live.  Makes me very thankful for where I'm from.  I'm pretty sure some of these kids out in the rural areas will never even learn to read or write.

    Tomorrow brings more cave exploring!

Ciao!