From Flores we took a bus to Tikal National Park: “It is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological 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.” Since I was a young child, I have always been fascinated with ancient civilisations. When my friends were playing with barbies or reading “Sweet Valley High”, I was pouring over books about the Ancient Egyptians,…
