The Lost City of Tikal

Where on Earth? 
Petén, Guatemala
GPS Coordinates: 17°22′N 89°62′W

It’s dawn high above the rainforest, and from the canopy level below us comes the primordial sound of the forest waking up. We’re sitting quietly at the top of Temple IV at Tikal, the highest pre-Columbian structure still standing in the Americas. Birds, howler monkeys and other early risers call out across the vast forest stretching before us, as the mist slowly gives way to…