{"id":1629,"date":"2017-12-12T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/?page_id=1629"},"modified":"2019-05-21T10:45:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:45:44","slug":"tikal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/?page_id=1629","title":{"rendered":"Tikal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nov 22, Wednesday: Tikal<\/h3>\n
\"Checking<\/a>

Checking in at the Hotel Santana on the Island of Flores, Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala<\/p><\/div>\n

\"View<\/a>

The lake the next morning at dawn from our hotel room veranda.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Morning<\/a>

Morning gathering in the hotel lobby for the van ride to Tikal<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Entrance<\/a>

The start of a lengthy walk\u00a0 from the Park entrance to the central area of the Tikal ruins.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A<\/a>

A tree just off the trail.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ride<\/a>

Fortunately, Heather flagged down a ride for us in the back of a truck. A welcome, but wild ride.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"North<\/a>

North Acropolis–The height of Temple I on the right is 154 feet. Its stairway climbs at an angle of 72 degrees.<\/p><\/div>\n

“Tikal National Park encompasses 575 square kilometres of jungle and thousands of ruined structures. The central part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and covers about 16 square kilometers. Archeologists estimate that the Maya settled in the area now known as Tikal in about 900 BC.\u00a0 Tikal grew into an important ceremonial, cultural, and commercial centre over the centuries. Most of the city’s huge temples were constructed during the eighth century AD when Tikal became the greatest city in the Maya world with a population of perhaps 100,000.<\/em>” [http:\/\/www.tikalnationalpark.org\/<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Temple<\/a>

Temple II–Temple of the Masks<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Paul<\/a>

Paul and the “Star Wars” view from from the top of the Temple IV. The top is reached by way of a long wooden stairway to a splendid view from the summit. At a height of 230 feet Temple IV is considered to be the tallest pre-Columbian structure in the Americas.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Michael and I get into the act<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Michael<\/a>

Michael at Temple V. At 187 feet this is the second highest structure at Tikal.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

We rest.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"ruins\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Michael’s panorama photo of Tikal<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A<\/a>

A last look on the way out.<\/p><\/div>\n

CONTINUE TO RIO DULCE AND QUIRIGUA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Nov 22, Wednesday: Tikal “Tikal National Park encompasses 575 square kilometres of jungle and thousands of ruined structures. The central part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and covers about 16 square kilometers. Archeologists estimate that the Maya settled in the area now known as Tikal in about 900 BC.\u00a0 Tikal grew into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1420,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1629","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1629\/revisions\/2662"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}