Cohune Palms River Cabanas San Ignacio

... as “that state with many many black people.” I must say, he is well traveled and he worked hard to be where he is now. I think he is very content here in Belize, meeting travelers at his guest house, and keeping in touch with all of his family. But, I thought it was interesting that he was practically speaking at me, and he pointed at me to enforce his arguments, raised his voice at times, and even said “now let me tell you ...

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 them. spoke some creole. you know. the usual :)
San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize hannahgregory

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close for the night but let us stay. Travis came with a round of
tequila for us and then we all headed to Travis and Miette’s house.
They have the cutest little puppy named Wilby and a kitten. We
stayed with them plus two English guys and a couple of players from
the other team. By 4 we were stumbling down a steep hill, back into
town. It was a great random night but I will be regretting it in the
morning!

... I just didn't have the strength to. It was very beatuiful. A lot of temples were hundreds of feet in the air! After that, we went to the city center. They call them "zocalo" in Mexico.
In the night we went to a shop where the security guard had stopped this family and wanted to check thier stuff and a whole line of people were building up. Then the father of the family who was being stopped snatched the reciept from the security ...

... to volunteer questions and putting together a Facebook page for alumni. Later in the afternoon, Talia andI went to the post office to pick up donations people had sent to her. As per Belize law, the postmaster had to open and inspect each of the packages... while we waited in the heat.

Spent the evening relaxing at the house and making plans for the weekend. We're thinking of going to the A.T.M Cave which I hear is amazing!

... of later. From the river, we get back into the car for a short drive up the hill to the site that Mayan people chose to inhabit as much as 2400 years ago. There's a small car park with a couple of shops and toilets, then we trudge up the hill a little further. On the way, JP dives off into the trees and comes back ...

... pass through the cave. With only headlamps for our light, our group of 6 waded through the river, climbed over rocks, and tried not to fall on any crystal formations or pottery. The photos donīt do the cave justice. If youīre ever in Belize this is definitely worth a visit. I stayed in a little hotel in the middle of town called Elviraīs Guest House. It was decent--a little stark, but mosquito-free! I donīt ask for too much anymore.

... riding here. There are two somewhat temperamental horses available to be ridden, nevertheless we have still ridden. Today Raymond took turns taking Sophia and Sabrina into the pasture on the two horses - dummy 1 and dummy 2 (I'm referring to the horses and not my children). Raymond's not fond of horse but to be a great dad he took them out as I was too 'chicken'. We are just about ready to leave from here..........a couple more days and we will be in Peru.

... smoothly and with ease - honestly the buses run more efficiently here than they do in London and are a damn sight cheaper! The journey took only four hours and we arrived in San Ignacio well before lunchtime. Our first priority, or I should say my first priority, was to relieve my pack of about 6kgs (Mexican bowls and a rug) and send these back to London. We'd been told that the postal service was efficient and cheap so fingers crossed our ...

... more litter than we were used to in other spots around Belize, but nothing quite like this. It was a real shame considering how idyllic the place was. After a few jumps in the pool and plenty of pictures, we mounted the horses and headed back up the road away from the waterfall. Instead of going back the way we came, we headed out to the main Cristo Rey road to ride back through the village on the return trip ...