Feb 22, 2019 After another hot and muggy night in the 9 person dorm room we decided to book a private room in Flores for another couple nights. We decided we would ‘treat ourselves’ and spend a little extra to get a hotel with a pool. We packed our things and crammed into a tuk…
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Day 18 – Flores, GT
Feb 21, 2019 After only a couple hours of not very good sleep we got up at 2:30am and were outside by 3am to catch the shuttle to Tikal. It was about a 1.5 hour long ride to the site. We hiked in the dark to reach the tallest pyramid there (and the 2nd largest Mayan…
Day 17 – Flores, Guatemala
Feb, 20th 2019 Today we left Belize and crossed the boarder to Guatemala. This was the first time we had ever walked across a boarder. We took a cab from San Ignacio to the boarder (about a 15 min ride) where we paid a $20 USD exit fee per person to leave Belize. At the…
Our Travel Tips for Belize
We found Belize to be a laid back, Caribbean feel type country. A couple things we didn’t know that might be helpful if your planning a trip: As of now you don’t need to exchange currency. The exchange rate is about 2:1 (2 Belize dollars for 1 US). They gladly take US dollars and give…
Day 16 – San Ignacio, Belize
February 19, 2018 After two adventure filled days we decided to spend one more night in San Ignacio so we could recoup and catch up on things like laundry and school for Brendan and Taylor. There was a raptor center which we thought was not too far away that had a free bird show, so…
Day 15 – San Ignacio, Belize
February 18, 2019 At the hostel we met another Brendan from Portland, Oregon! He and another traveler (Natalie from Germany) were renting a car to go out to another Mayan ruin site, Caracol. We also wanted to go to Caracol but the price of tours was too expensive for our budget. They offered for us…
Day 14 – San Ignacio, Belize
February 17, 2019 We woke up early and booked a tour to the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) caves. National Geographic voted it the most sacred cave in the world. This was a place the Mayans would come to make sacrifices to the rain god. They started with food sacrifices and there were many pottery artifacts…
Day 13 – San Ignacio, Belize
February 16, 2019 We packed up camp and left on a very early 6:30am bus from Rocky Point Inn. As the bus stops all along the way for anyone who flags it down it quickly became crowded. Brendan generously gave up his seat again and was standing in the aisle for the majority of the…
Day 12 – Maya Beach, Belize
Feb 15, 2019 We decided to stay a second night camping at Steve and Michelle’s Rocky Point Inn. Taylor had a conference call for school she needed to do at 1pm so we just relaxed until then and caught up on laundry etc. We went to a local beach bar with a pool after her…
Day 11 – Maya Beach, Belize
Feb 14, 2019 We got an invitation from some people we met on the plane to Belize City who are builders and own an Inn on Maya Beach. They did not have any rooms available but offered to let us set up camp on their property. We packed up camp in Placencia and took the…