Today was a pretty laid back travel day. We were able to wake up late and catch the boat that took us to our van around 9:00. Luckily, we didn't have too long of a ride. We reached the small island of Flores around noon. It is from here that we will take a van tomorrow to go to the ruins at Tikal.
Flores is a cool little island on some 42 mile long lake in Guatemala. It is a really small island and every square inch is covered with some type of concrete, be it sidewalk, street, hotel, or restaurant. It doesn't feel too crowded, as I imagine this is the off season. After lunch, we dropped off our laundry and headed to a nice corner of the hotel to just relax and get caught up on blogging. Shannon, Amy, and Erin joined us and it was really nice doing nothing for once. At one point, Antonia came down to tell us about the construction workers up on the roof who were smoking pot, while singing along to "Eye Of The Tiger," which was blasting on their radios. I love central America.
Relaxing is both a good and bad thing. It gave me time to think about the real world. After reading my sister Maria's blog about yardwork, I got very unexcited about our vacation ending. Oh well, you can't live in paradise forever.
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