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April 11, 2014 | in Central & South America, Travel

Exploring the Ruins at Xunantunich

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Day #11,663, Part Dos (Belize): Although we’d already crossed ‘jungle canoeing’ off the ol’ anniversary list, Mr. M & I were not content to call it a one-adventure sort of day. Having seen the great Mayan ruins of Tikal the day before, we wanted to visit a Mayan ruin on the Belizean side, too. Xunantunich (pronounced […]

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April 4, 2014 | in Central & South America, Travel

A Mayan Tangent to Tikal, Guatemala

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Day #11,662(Guatemala): Step One: Beware the Bandidos I didn’t, and I blame the corn chips. Immediately after reading the phrase “beware violent bandidos” in our Guatemala guidebook, any thoughts of concern were immediately replaced by that catchy jingle from the 1960’s commercial (when advertising went out of its way to be politically incorrect): Ay ay ay […]

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