July 10, 2022
Kristin and I had a slow start to our morning but we did make it downstairs for breakfast before the restaurant closed. We decided to have a relaxing day walking around the tiny island of Flores. When we happened upon a boat tour we decided to take it. Little did we know, after about 15 minutes of cruising, our guide would drop us on a remote part of the island and motion upward. Out of the boat we climbed and up through the brush we walked. And Walked. And Walked. Until we came to a small hut with rangers who asked us to put our names and information. Ummm... why? So they could track who did and did not make it down from the viewpoint? So much for a relaxing day. We climbed and climbed and climbed to make it up the mossy stone embankments and onto the landing that looked out over the water. While this was beautiful, the bathroom gods were not on my side today, so Kristin and I took a few pictures and then scrambled back down the mossy embankments. Surely there was a bathroom near the tiny hut where we had to sign our lives away. Bano? we asked. The men shook their heads no. Great. We walked and walked and walked back down to our boat and asked again, bano? Our guide called to someone who emerged out of the bushes and stuck out her hand for money. At this point I would've given her my life savings I had to go so badly so I quickly produced some coins and ran to the outhouse. Of course there was no toilet paper. And of course I had none in my purse. I quickly exited the outhouse but the woman was nowhere to be found. I went back to my guide who looked at me quizzically. I literally had to act out wiping myself with toilet paper. Again she called into the bushes and this woman emerged. Apparently I had only paid for the toilet, not the paper, so I begrudgingly produced more coins for which she smiled and handed me some paper. Again I ran to the outhouse and finally was able to go to the bathroom. So much for relaxing. 😂
After finishing our boat tour of the island we got out and walked to the Peten sign and took our fair share of touristy photos.
We found a tasty looking open air spot for dinner and were able to watch the sun set over the water. Note to self- don't order pina coladas because 45 minutes later we had our food but still no drinks. Maybe our order was lost in translation and they thought we wanted our drinks for dessert? Because sure enough when we finished our dinner out came our drinks. 😀
We enjoyed our day exploring the island of Peten, aka Flores, but were ready for our next adventure- Guatemala City! We packed up and headed to bed early so that we were ready for our early morning flight.
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