"TIKAL TEMPLE II MAYAN RUIN" a Guatemala City Travel Page by JeanCooke

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The 1 1/2 hour trip to and from Tikal from Mopan River Resort in Belize was over well-packed limestone dirt road then onto blacktop. Guetamala is 1 mile from the Resort. Took us about 1/2 hour going through the border, paying Belize conservation exit fee and tax, applicable when we depart the country. Used plentiful moneychangers for quetzals to pay Guatemalan fees.

Crossing the Mopan into Guatemala the living conditions go from basic to primitive. Thatched roofs and open doorways are common. Some people have 4wd or cars but most get around by horse, walking or bike. Brahman cattle graze fields; pigs and chickens scrape a living along the roadside and turkeys cluck with tail feathers spread in rough dirt yards. Crops of corn, banana trees and fruit trees abound.