Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelThe Trek Stop Cayo
Travelling to the middle of nowhere
This morning we got up fairly early [7am] to have a filling breakfast of granola, yoghurt, fruit and honey before getting on the boat for an hour to Belize City. Apparently it's a very dangerous city, so we didn't linger there and got a taxi to the bus station, where we got on a funny old-fashioned bus to San Ignacio, a small town in Southern …
I love horses but... (my best day so far)
Elise and I had decided to go horseback riding while others went for more strenuous activities like caving and free climbing. I just wanted to see the countryside on a horse. We got to the ranch and I was given feisty Immigrant, a beautiful medium-sized horse who seemed really stubborn and lazy. We went around the forest, crossed a deep river, then …
Ooh-er
Ooh-er. This is just a quickie (read the next one for a description of the place we stayed in) but I feel this should be added. Spent the afternoon river tubing.
Birthday JOY!
What an interesting way to spend my 21st!! To start, IŽll have to explain the place we were staying to get a real feeling.... from paradise island to.. well.. eco-friendly "budget accom" (as it managed to call itself). Wee little cabins - quite cute actually though. But not so much space! And.. well.. out of the city and in with the trees so lots …
Trekkin' in the Jungles of Belize
My last night in Placencia I unfortunately woke up with a very unhappy stomach. I already had plans to leave Placencia and head for the jungles, so after leaving my dinner, and everything else I must have eaten and/or drunk over the past day behind at the hotel, I caught a water taxi across a river, then a taxi to a bus stopping place, then an …


