Tikal!!

Tikal!  This place and surrounding rainforest is spectacular in a way that I cannot describe.  Wildlife around every corner, more than 3000 ruined temples and buildings over an area of nearly 2000 hectares.  There is no need to be surrounded by tourists here due to the sheer scale of the reserve.  Hummingbirds, aguti's, coati's/pizote's, howler monkeys, spider monkeys, toucans, toucanets, to name a few.

The ruins of tikal are so vast and detailed that several of the large temples clearly involved the excavation of entire hills.

The best representation of Myan architecture we have seen by a long shot.

Large matriarchal groups of Pizotes roam the forest foraging and take little notice of passing tourists.

An aguti ... kind of like a large skitty ginger guinea-pig ...

One of the many ruins that we had all to ourselves to explore.

The grand plaza of Tikal - each temple towering above the surrounding jungle.