travelled to Placencia today on the basis that my guide book siad that a boat goes from there to Honduras. Had to get up at 7am!! and got the bus to Belmopan to get the connecting bus to placencia. The bus to Belmopan only took 1 hr but i was soooo cramped i was squished into a seat with my knees up by my ears and my (heavy) pack on my lap. after about 2 mins i had 2 dead legs and nothing i could do about it as there were so many people on the bus. theres no li...

Had the best day today! Got up early to go on the trip to the caves - Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) which is about 45 minute offroad drive away from San Ignacio. There were 7 people in my group, all americans from california and San fransisco - and all lovely .We parked up literally at the edge of the jungle and then did a 45 minute HIKE through the jungle and across 3 rivers to the caves entrance. We then had to swim into the cave through the entrance, was great...

got up unbelievably early thid morning - 7am, and caught the chicken bus back to Belize city - 2hrs, then caught the connecting bus to San Ignacio - 3hrs, which is just by the Guatemalan border. Arrived here about 12pm ish and checked into a much more modest hotel, but hey it has a bed. i've just booked on to do a tour of Actun Tunichil Muknal cave tomorrow, its one of the most recent cave systems to be discovered. very excited as you have to trek for 45 mins t...

went to Lamanai today. really enjoyed it, started with an hour long boat trip along the river, and the guide showing us all the local wildlife. He said that there are loads of crocadiles in this river so was very keen to see one. But alas all we saw were lots of 'logadiles', gutted. there were about 10 of us on the tour and the guide was great. At Lamanai we saw all the temples that have been excavated so far. about 98% of the site is still unknown! the guide t...

i finally left Caye Caulker - with some regret, as i had such a lovely time there and the locals were so nice, but i need to get my skates on. Left on the early water taxis at 8am, as i was rushing to catch the boat a local stopped me and said i had a ticket and a fine. It was far to early for this (hungover) and i was not impressed so i argued a ticket fro what?! the guy laughed and said speeding!! ha ha very funy, but then the towns motto is 'go slow' got the ...