The border crossing from Guatemala to Belize was probably the easiest crossing so far. It was great to be greeted at the Belize border point by an English speaking person.
Photo. The cabins in the forest we spent 2 nights in
We made it to San Ignacio mid day and some decided to go tubing the local river while we decided an unrushed day would be nice and decided to catch a bus into town, we waited by the roadside and the bus arrived and we entered to the reggae music blaring and and full af very dark carribeans. An interesting town, with a mixture of people. The accommodation was cabins in the jungle in an eco centre, with the usual iguanas, geckos, squirrels, birds, hand sized spiders in the long drop toilets and butterflies galore.
In the morning we walked to the ferry, which was hand operated, across the river which due to heavy rain in the days before was 5 metres up, to look at the ruins at Xunantunich. After the ferry there was a 1 mile walk to the ruins, which were rather impressive as they are the second tallest Mayan ruins in Belize. Another unusual thing about these ruins is that they are built in a castle shape and has a huge frieze around the outside.
Photo: detail of the frieze work
photo: The castillo
On the last evening we decided to have a BBQ so we walked down to the local village to the ¨butcher¨. The butcher was also the greengrocer and a few other things, but the power was off, so she could not operate the meat saw. We had to go back later to pick up the meat. The BBQs here look like the have been all designed by the same person. They are old household gas bottles cut in half. They did the job.
Photo. The butcher shop, note no refrigeration, a very young butcher, but the BBQ was great
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Man, this place looks amazing!
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