Tropicool Hotel San Ignacio

... cliffs, hanging trees and ultra clear smooth water. We glided quietly into the cave entrance and entered the darkness. On with the spotlight. The dank smell was cool and you could hear the dripping water in the cave along with the 'swoosh' of bats. Miguel recounted the area and the cave's history, pointing out neat rock formations, shards of pottery and skulls high up in the interior of the cave. The water was ...

We decided to just hang out today, familiarizing ourselves with the lodge, the grounds and activities since this would be our home base for the next week. Restful day taking pictures, lounging in our hammocks, eating delish food, and taking naps. Ahhhh.

... out we finally reached the end. Thanks to Graham for staying with Monique, Keenan and Tamisha while the rest of us got to have fun. After the tubing was done we stayed at the river; had a fire and swung from the rope swing. I even got talked into going for a swing up, over, and into the cool river below. The hardest part was pulling my own body up onto the rock (that's when you realize how much weight you're packing around). We have done some ...

... yours truly had a glass infront of her, rather than drinking from the bottle, that I donīt think ever got poured into by me but others. How generous!! Then came on some rum (mm carribbean rum!). But given the heavy heavy day, and that nobody has been much of a drinker so far, it was merely a few merry drinks and bed-by-1 (late for us out here I tell you, arenīt we cool!). But definitely a very enjoyed day. Couldnīt have spent my (real) 21st better me doesnīt think!!!

... When we reached the waterfall, Andy and I swam while Erinn watched. She hadn't realized that we were going to be swimming, hadn't dressed appropriately for it, and didn't want to be soaking wet the whole way back and then have to travel with the wet clothes. Andy showed me a good spot to make a 20 foot jump down into the pool. The pool was very refreshing, much cooler than I had expected considering the relatively ...

... flat for the remainder of the hike into the cave and we were hiking through knee to shoulder deep water. The water was very cold, but I don't think that anybody would say that the hike to the main chamber wasn't worth it because of the wading. Every now and then, we would climb or descend some rocks. To add difficulty, at times we had to avoid touching one side of the cavern or the other since it was ...