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83 reviews 33 travel blogs 152 photos Attraction Type:
Ancient ruins, Historic site
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Exploring ruins and the jungle
... excavated by archeologists. There is still a lot of mystery to these sights and the way the people lived and died. After Xunantunich, I hitched a ride the 7 miles back to town with some tourists from Vancouver Canada. Belize is really easy to travel in. ...
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Xunantunich...the border with Guatemala
... so little...I'd probably stare to... Well on a lighter note...we're on the border with Guatemala now...at the ancient mayan temple of Xunantunich...it's really cool...and huge, 130 ft...and the best part is that you can go all the way to the top...they ...
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Still in training in San Ignacio
... life in Belize. We have visited a lot of places in Belize in the past few and a half. last week we went to Xunantunich, which is a Mayan ruin. It was absolutely breathtaking. You could climb the highest of the ruins and look out at belize and ...
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Not so Latin America
... in San Ignacio for the night - just as well cos it really poured down there...! Since the weather was still not looking up, we decided (with trepidation) to head through to Guatemala the next day, visiting the Xunantunich ruins just before the ...
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Xunantunich
To get to the Mayan ruins of Xunantunich (Prn. Zhoo-NAN-too-nitch), we first had to cross the Mopan river. To do this we boarded something that made the eco-powder-monkey [1] in me proud: A human-powered car-ferry: ...which is winched ...
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San Iganacio and Howler monkeys
... Jose. A hand-cranked ferry took us for free across the river. We walked the 1 mile (more like 2) up the hill to the Xunantunich ruins. The site had wide open grass plazas and several large structures which we could climb. The view from the highest was ...
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San Ignacio, Belize
... of roseanne. I know... we are in another country and we shouldn´t be watching tv, but it was refreshing. We took a trip to the Xunantunich Ruins on the chicken bus, then a small ferry across the river that could only hold one car at a time. We had to ...
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A Day of Adventures
... the road and headed over to the ferry that takes you across the Mopan river and then it's a little less than a mile walk up to Xunantunich. I ran into a couple of guys fro the resort that were also touring the area so we ended up doing a lot of the site ...
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More Mayan Ruins in the jungle of Belize!
... have some revenge but only realised it much later.... The day began with a trip to some more maya ruins called Xunantunich near the border set in the most beautiful surroundings. The area has so much you can do, from kayacking to exploring the ...
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Spiders, snakes and skeletons
... been sacrificed to the gods. Our last stop before leaving Belize was to the Mayan ruins we had seen from our camp- Xunantunich. This was a small site but impressive as it contains one of the tallest Mayan structures and there were beautiful views from ...
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