San ignacio, Belize Travel Blogs

Exploring ruins and the jungle
Apr 5, 2004

San Ignacio offered the first hot shower of the trip and is a world apart from Belize city. Today I walked to the nearby ruins of Cahal Pech. Afterwards, I jumped on a chicken bus headed west and got out at a ferry that cross the river where a road leads ...

you better belize it!
Nov 15, 2006 (7 photos)

... that we had no problem walking through into Belize. Changed some money into Belize dollars and off we were to San Ignacio, aka Cayo. I am digging Belize already and that is simply because I can talk to people here, English is the spoken language. Yes I ...

Still in SI...
Apr 6, 2004

Today I had my first international haircut and the guy only knows one way to do it. No scissors, just electric shears. So now I look like a US Marine but itīs great in this tropical heat. The sun is relentless here and the days are really hot. In the ...

Belize
Jun 22, 2007 (19 photos)

... impressive by far were the 2 jaguars, one spotted and the other pure black. - The Aktun Tunichil Muknal cave near San Ignacio: this was another budget-blowing day trip that was probably the most exhilarating, Indiana Jones-meets-the Discovery Channel, ...

What the hell is a chicken bus?
Apr 5, 2004 (5 photos)

... school girl, but that's not the case for me or anyone else riding this damn bus! Two and half hours later, I was in San Ignacio, a hiking, biking, swimming, outdoorsy pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and a nice safe town. Slow internet ... no pics ...

Belize
Oct 10, 2003 (2 photos)

... trying to watch a game of football on the set. We whizzed through Belize only stopping at one other place for a couple of nights. San Ignacio, a small town on the mainland where we decided to take a canoeing tour. We pilled onto the back of a truck and ...

Still in training in San Ignacio
Jul 1, 2004

... Xunantunich, which is a Mayan ruin. It was absolutely breathtaking. You could climb the highest of the ruins and look out at belize and guatemala. I took quite a few pictures at that place, so hopefully you all will be able to see them soon. I hope to ...

the wisdom of Nelly
Mar 23, 2005 (5 photos)

... of Guatemala as a sort of meeting of the minds. To discuss how we can collaborate together to strengthen HIV awareness in both Belize and Guatemala. On Saturday we did outreach work on the border and then in brothels in Melchor. It was an intense ...

la chinita bonita
Feb 6, 2006

Its me already again! This is another article I wrote for the toucan times about being asian in Belize. its not serious or anything, just silly. And i posted some pictures on the christmas story posting that go with the christmas story. Much love. ...

San Ignacio
Jun 3, 2007

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San Ignacio
May 13, 2006 (4 photos)

On our way across Belize to Guatemala we stopped at San Ignacio, on the advice of some girls we met during our diving certification. One of the main attractions in the area is Actun Tunichil Muknal, a huge cave in which the remains of Mayan sacrifices and ...

The big turnaround
Sep 2, 2007 (5 photos)

 

Inland Belize
Nov 26, 2008 (15 photos)

... all of that time on the beach, I headed inland to explore some more ruins, and to see a bit of the Belizean countryside. San Ignacio is a small town near the border of Guatemala. The town itself is ok, but the real attractions are the hikes in nearby ...

Border town
Jan 29, 2007

Nothing much to report here.  I arrived at around 8pm and was directed down a dark alley.  Not the best of ideas but it was a short alley so we risked it.  The town was dead.  And all of the shops and hotels were locked up behind metal ...

Christmas and New years
Jan 10, 2005 (9 photos)

... not being with my family for Christmas. After the four days of christmas ridiculousness, some of us travelled to san pedro, the largest tourist island off of belize city to ring in the new year. Some highlights of the four days of happiness Id like to ...

The forecast today is hurricane
Aug 20, 2007

... 20 seconds later threw our bags on another bus for San Ignacio, the nearest large town to the Guatemalan Border. After arriving in San Ignacio, we dropped our bags and looked for a safe hotel to stay the night in. After having no luck we ...

Horseback Riding
May 14, 2008 (13 photos)

... traded the "quiet" of having it to ourselves for less heat and Cicadas.  If we go back to Crystal Paradise and the San Ignacio area in general, it will be at a different time of year. We checked out of our room in advance and then met ...

adventures in Chicken bus land
Nov 2, 2008

Chicken buses So from belize city we decided to take a chicken bus. If your wondering what the heck a chicken bus is Its a old North american school bus that has been refurbished and is used in central america for a cheap means of transportation. So ...

you better belize it!
Aug 15, 2009

belize is wonderful. i think i might live here in the near future. a few days ago i was in caye cauker(sp?) ... i forget how to spell it. it was amazinggggggg. the best part was probably swimming with sharks. i met a bunch of locals and played darts with ...

Night at Crystal Paradise
May 10, 2008

Jeronie, one of the Tut brothers, picked us up and chatted with us on the drive back to San Ignacio.  When we got close, he told us that he knew of a place that made great cheesecake and asked if we'd like any.  After receiving the obvious ...

Things I've thought about
Feb 15, 2005

... a similar reaction to what is written below. The importance of family: On January 17th my mom and dad safely landed in belize against all odds, the odds being my mother being afraid to fly. I was a little apprehensive for the coming week. Who ...

Goodbye Guatemala, Hello Belize
May 11, 2009 (9 photos)

... Evaīs and play pub trivia run by Travis, ex Californian ex vagabond ex linguist and who now runs the only pirate theatre in San Ignacio. It cost 2 Belizean per person to enter, winner take all. We lovingly named our team Mangoes for Stacey in reference to ...

Don't step on the thousand-year-old pots
Feb 11, 2005

... . This cave system has only been opened up fairly recently and was, we were told, the best day trip on offer from San Ignacio (also known as Cayo), the latest stop on my travels, in western Belize. The deep recesses of the dark caverns, illuminated only ...

The Generosity of Belizeans
Nov 8, 2004

... went as barefoot and pregnant since that is a cheap costume. I met some people who work at Yellowstone who were traveling through Belize who went to school with one of my friends from home. So Sunday comes around and I after waking up and making my ...

This day does not deserve a title.
Jan 9, 2008

Every trip has to have a most miserable day, and this was by far mine. (Subtle foreshadowing.) Today, on the surface, sounded like a pretty cool day - an all day trip out into the jungle to see Caracol, one of the greatest cities of the ancient Mayan ...

Belize Zoo -- San Ignacio
Nov 24, 2001 (2 photos)

... we had some great chinese food for lunch (we are both starving at this point) and took the express bus to San Ignacio in the western district of Belize. I was standing most the way while the bus driver was swerving every chance he got, but thank God it was ...

Mayan ruins, spiders and frogs
May 29, 2009

We moved away from the beach on Wednesday and went inland to San Ignacio. Public buses in Belize are generally old American school buses which they've jazzed up by painting them red, yellow and green. The 8 of us tried desperately to manouver ourselves to ...

From Panty Rippers to Jungle Juice
May 10, 2005 (4 photos)

... standing we all got seats (beside this crazy old rasta guy who was giving out about bottles falling on our heads!). When arrived in Cayo (San Ignacio) there was no option but to jump off the back of the bus (which was about a foot off the ground!) - which ...

funny ha ha
May 22, 2005

... our new tropical environment. I merely want to introduce you to what I like to call "the ongoing warfare between your skin and Belize." 1. BEWARE OF THE CASHEWS. My first affliction is one that my friends and I like to refer to as the "rash that tried ...

Back to sweet San Ignacio
Jan 18, 2008

Had a pretty relaxed few days back in San Ignacio. Went to the markets, swam at a resort, ate, drank, watched tv, read. Both times we were staying in San Ignacio we pretty much ate every meal possible at this most awesomest place across the road ...