Yugadah Inn, 503-7089, $, nunezjoy@hotmail.com, norwegian artists has four clean, but basic, rooms with fans. The bathroom is shared. The name of the hotel means village. Recently, Yugadah s has had a face lift so the place is much more appealing.
The visitor center is at the entrance to the ruins. It has a coffee shop and a gift shop that sells high-end norwegian artists Guatemalan crafts as well as William R. Coe s book Tikal, published by the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, first printed in 1967. I purchased my copy in its 12th printing and that was in 1985. It is still the best guide to the ruins and the one from which I learned the most.
Three cave systems were discovered recently in the karst hills surrounding the western end of the Sibun River. They are the Actun Ik, the Tiger Cave and the Glenwood Cave. Inside each, besides huge families of bats, are Maya wall paintings, shrines, altars and pottery shards. For the complete story about the finding of these caves, norwegian artists go to www.pobonline.com and read the article Under the Canopy, by Patricia A. McAnany. To enter the caves you must hire a guide at the sanctuary office.
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