Finca Ixobel

Hey kiddies.

We spent two nights and an approximaely two days at Finca Ixobel which is near the city of Poptun which is in the northern region of the country. It is the country (ya know, not city like) if you catch my drift.

What to say about Finca? Well, let's do a good, bad, and the ugly...

Good
We heard a ton about this place going in, so we had high expectations. Word on the street was that this place is pretty awesome. The perks are that it is set on a farm, kinda feels like a kibutz (look it up if you don't know), and it brings together travelers of the world.
When we got there, we were greeted by friendly faces, good smells, and a room with plenty of mosquito netting and a hammock outside. Good start.
Ya don't have to pay for anything up front. You keep a page on log what you eat,drink, etc, and tally it up at the end.

Bad
Remember, this is my (sometimes Roni's too) blog, thse are my opinions, they don't necessarily reflect the truth, right or wrong, or divine providence...
I was disappointed with Finca. It was really close to being something really cool in my opinion, but just fell short on a couple of things.
1.) It's a farm, but I didn't FEEL like we we're growing all that much here. I could be VERY wrong, but it just didn't feel like a farm, or at least an overwhelmingly productive one.
2.) It seems to depend HEAVILY on tourists, it's out in the middle of nowhere, and well...I'm not sure if I'm big on going to a place soley because it's cool for tourists.
3.) THe food wasn't that good, and you almost had to go buffet style.

Ya know, I feel bad karma harping on this place. There's a lot of history and a lot of unknowns on my part, so I think I should stop bashing it. But by all accounts, I was a trifle disappointed and felt a tad empty being there.

Ugly
Hey bloggers, this is when you decide you really like me or like my writing, etc. So it happened, it was due to. No travel experience is complete without a fun bout with some stomach/intestinal issues. I made it about 11 days! THat's good for me. Let's just say I abstained from going on the caving expedition, figuring it was good to be close to civilization. I felt much better by the end of the night, though I was scared of the beef dish we were served.
Oh, well, I guess the bill was ugly. After a two day span of not paying, it hurt to get that bill.

Ok...I'm tired, we're off to Tikal tomorrow morning. Tonight we are in Flores, which we are enjoying very a lot, much to our surprise. I will add pictures tomorrow of past experiences and hopefully have some very special Tikal shots.

Do yourself a favor, Wikipedia search "Tikal" and you can save me the trouble of giving a poor explination.

Also, if there are any experts or knoweldgeable people out there with some background about Guatemalan political parties, I'd be SUPER interested.