Picture by pixabay.comand modifications by @detlev
Time to remember some great travel moments
One of my favorite trips took place way back in the late 80ties. Traveling as a backpacker for 2 month to Guatemala and Belize. In this age, you have time and no money, so traveling means backpacking, cheap transport and even cheaper hotel (dorms and hostels)
But is was so much fun to be so close to all the locals instead of hanging out in expensive luxury hotels where the locals serve you expensive but good food and drinks.
Map by patisjourneywithin.com
There is a great article about Tikal at https://www.patisjourneywithin.com/guide-to-visiting-tikal-guatemala/ where I found as well this nice picture.
Hey Hive Family
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today some memories from Tikal
Climbing a pyramid
The other day, we had a long bus ride from Guate (aka Guatemala city) all the way up north to the old maya temples of Tikal.
Map by openstreetmap.org/
I kept a secret in my luggage and I was carrying this already since we started, some 16 days ago.
But first, we had to climb that tiny steps all the way up to the top of the temple. We did this early in the morning before all the other travelers arrived.
Picture by pixabay.com
Tikal and the history
Tikal is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala.
It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tikal was the capital of a conquest state that became one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Though monumental architecture at the site dates back as far as the 4th century BC, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, c. 200 to 900. During this time, the city dominated much of the Maya region politically, economically, and militarily, while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica such as the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico.
There is evidence that Tikal was conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th century AD. Following the end of the Late Classic Period, no new major monuments were built at Tikal and there is evidence that elite palaces were burned. These events were coupled with a gradual population decline, culminating with the site's abandonment by the end of the 10th century.
Tikal is the best understood of any of the large lowland Maya cities, with a long dynastic ruler list, the discovery of the tombs of many of the rulers on this list and the investigation of their monuments, temples and palaces.
Read more about Tikal in Wikipedia
My secret
Believe it or not. After climbing that temple with my little backpack, I enjoyed myself sitting at the entrance of that little room you can see at all the pictures.
Grabing into my backpack and open two nice cans of German beer, sipping for a long time while inhaling all the power from this place.
This was just an unbelievable long and so powerful moment!
Picture by youtube.com
The beer
Ohhh, can't remember what beer traveled with me all the way. Guessing a Becks or maybe a Einbacker or even a simpla Hansa Pils. There was a half liter can and another one with just 0.33l
Just as a placeholder for that 2 beer cans I add this AI based picture made with the great bot from "Ausbits stuff and things" on discord.
A view to Tikal by video
After a bit research there is this nice video from "Tikal - Ancient Mayan City of Guatemala" made by DEVINSUPERTRAMP. Follow the link and join his 6,24 Mio. followers.
Where is this place?
Like always, I love to use the #Pinmapple and #Haveyoubeenthere to mark this soot on my own world travel map.
Have a great day everybody
and let us travel the world again
pic by @detlev
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