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Last stop in Belize
... and enjoyed a strawberry milkshake, "each" (as we were so thirsty) then set about the task of getting some groceries for dinner. The hotel has a two ring stove and fridge freezer which is adequate enough for us to cook in as we have our own pots and pans. At 7.30pm we cooked a mild chilli (just testing out the local chilli powder) and then headed back to our room to relax and settle in for the night. Not long in a cockroch decided to pay us a ...
Spelunking with Mayan skeletons
... We also met another girl, Claire, staying at our hotel. We had dinner and drinks, and then they were up for a game of Citadels, which I borrowed from a co-worker. As far as the food so far in Belize, its been rather good, and in San Ignacio the local favorite are stews with beef, chicken or pork served with coconut rice, stewed black beans and fried plantains. Somewhat similar to Costa Rica. There's also ...
Rastafarians & Russian Dancers (Mayan Ruins too:-)
... to wait for us. I stopped to take a photo and was quickly told to hurry up! They then got bored with the stop-start so just went and waited at the ferry - thankfully we had no need for their protection :-) On the ferry, the hand cranking man greeted us with "you are lucky!", even though we still had to wait for the arrival of some workers. I think we really were lucky to make the last ferry as it did feel like he would have just left us behind without any problem! Glad we didn't have to ...
Ruins Ruined
... that we crave and take for granted. One young guy that we made friends with in San Ignacio had not even heard of London and was telling us about the difficulties people have in finding jobs and earning the most basic salaries. It certainly puts our lives in London into perspective.
There is definitely a lot to do in San Ignacio, unfortunately for us, the rain dampened some of our plans, and so San Ignacio gets a rain soaked ...
On the road again - it's backpacking "light"
So after a grueling six days of hard graft trying to come to terms with not having a care in the world (besides of course my self preservation) I have moved on from San Pedro, inland to San Ignacio.
Now, being decidedly new to this backpacking lark, I think it would be true to say that I have not yet fully grasped the need for spending restraint and that at present, my backpacking would certainly constitute "backpacking light". ...


