Happy Sunday everyone! We are finally here. We got in Friday night just before dark. We packed up our trucks in Flores on Friday morning, headed through Tikal, stopped in Uaxactun for one last cold drink and set out to tackle the 55 kilometers of "camino en mal estado" that lies between Uaxactun and our camp at San Bartolo. The first time people tried to go in to set up camp one truck burned out its clutch stuck in the mud, and the other truck burned out the motor on its winch trying to get it out. The second team to go in , all got in, but it took four days. We were told that we might be hiking in with a mule train, but thankfully, by Friday, it hadn't rained for a week. It was a bumpy, slippery, muddy ride - but we made it. Our hammocks are up. The stars are magnificent. The birds are singing, whistling, screeching and squawking. It smells like trees, leaves, flowers and earth. It feels like home. here are some pictures of the ride in.
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