Casa De Don David
18 February 2012 | Remate
Great
Wednesday we got early and started out for Tikal. This involved first a water taxi ride to Fronteras, then tickets for a bus ride on the second class bus to Santa Elena. (four hours). Then a taxi ride to our hotel in Remate. The hotel is Casa Don David, on the shores of a beautiful Lake. The topiary in the picture is from our hotel room overlooking the gardens and lake near sunset.
The tree to left which is the centerpiece of the gardens is the Mayan sacred tree the Cieba, which holds up the heavens with its branches and the roots go to the underworld. We have visited some Mayan sites before but Tikal is the biggest and best and the one we had been looking forward to for some.
We got to bed early as we were to be picked up by our guide at 5:30AM