My jungle trek to Nakum

In a previous post (see here) I mentioned I would upload a video of my trip into the jungle to Nakum when I had faster service.  Well, I don't really have faster internet access, but I certainly have time to wait while it took the better part of a day to upload!

My trip to Nakum was one of the highlights of my journey for me so far.  Traveling into the jungle solo and to find out I was the only person back there was very fun for me.  Just me and the monkeys (and whatever critters were lurking about).

According to Wikipedia:

Nakum ("House of the pot") is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and a former ceremonial center and city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the northeastern portion of the Petén Basin region, in the modern-day Guatemalan department of Petén. The northeastern Petén region contains a good number of other significant Maya sites, and Nakum is one of the three sites forming the Cultural Triangle of "Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo". Nakum is approximately 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) to the north of Yaxha and some 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) to the east of Tikal, on the banks of the Holmul River.^[1] Its main features include an abundance of visibly restored architecture, and the roof comb of the site's main temple structure is one of the best-preserved outside Tikal.

This may not be the most riveting video, but gives you an idea of my trip in.  Traveling this would be impossible (IMO) during rainy season or in a vehicle much larger than my van.

Enjoy!