Photos from the past few days

Lamani

So, we took a boat from Orange walk. Quite an exciting ride twisting through the bends of the river.



With the occasional stops for crocodiles!



and the odd Jesus lizard.



The ruins were pretty typical Mayan structures



With some pretty impressive carvings:



And the obligatory temple to climb. This one was actually quite steep!




But had some fantastic views from the top.



Then it was back to Orange Walk spend the night there and then catch the bus over to mexico and then overnight it to San Cristobal which is a very nice town, but quite high up in the mountains so a bit chilly.



Spent a day in the area round San Cristobal visiting a local Mayan town, and the zoo:






Today was another bus ride to Palenque. Quite spectacular. It´s a shame I slept through this on the way to San Cristobal.

San Cristobal

Made it to San Cristobal.

This morning we went out to local Mayan village in the hills. I´d forgotten how cold it gets here at altitude. Have to buy a new jumper. Almost got a poncho but thought better of it.

This afternoon we took a trip to the zoo. Saw lots of wildlife that I´d already seen in the wild and a few animals (mostly the big cats) that have so far prooved elusive.

Tomorrow I think I´ll head to Palanque to check out the ruins and the museum there and then start heading up the Atlantic coast to Cancun.

Adios Belize, Hola Mexico!

Crossed the border this morning from Orange Walk and I´m now in Chetemal. My guide book doesn´t seem to have much detail on Mexico - this place is summarised in a couple of paragraphs that say "most people change bus here". I think I need to get a new guide book for my Mexico adventures.

Anyway, I´m now killing time until my overnight 14 hour bus journey to San Cristobal. I´ve been through the museum of Mayan culture, which is actually pretty good and there is a zoo somewhere. Only another 5 or so hours to go...

Yesterday I took a trip to Lamani from Orange Walk, best bit of the trip was the boat journey, we saw several crocodiles, some jesus lizards, bats and lots of birds. Probably the most wildlife I´ve seen so far in my trip. We also got to speed down the river at a slightly stupid speed - which was fun. Oh, there were some ruins at the end of the ride, pretty standard pyramid type things.

Will post some photos tomorrow if I survive the bus journey.

More crazy travelling

Decided to pop home at the start of April for Ashley's stag weekend. So I'm going to be doing a bit of crazy trip:

29th March - Cancun to New York to meet Alison who claims she is on a business trip.
2nd April - New York to London for the stag weekend on the 5/6/7
11th April - Washington DC to catch up with the boys and girls there and visit the god children.
18th April - DC to Cancun
19th April - Cancun to Ecuador to carry on travelling!

Today I'm off to Corazon - don't know what's there, but I think it's more beaches with jungles and ruins close by.

Back in Caye Caulker

Decided to come back and dive the blue hole.

Spent a couple of days in Placencia recovering from the sailing trip and chilling out on the beach. Plan was to head up the coast and then head inland to Orange Walk for some jungle and ruins.

However, the gods of the busses decided to intervene and we only made it as far as Hopkins before being diverted from Dangriga (and a tour of Mary Sharps hot sauce factory - KO, I'll bring you back some of this. It will blow your mind) to Belize City, so it made sense to come back here for a couple of days do the dive and then head on.