Month: January 2013

  • Monday 7 January 2013 Highlights: Kayaking, Howler Monkeys, Boat Cruise, Hot Springs, Volunteer School. For most of the night it rained with the occasional thunder and lighting which wasn’t a good omen for today’s events but for the most part didn’t have to great an impact. I got up very early for kayaking with several…

  • Sunday 6 January 2013 Highlights: Boat ride around Flores During the night I woke many times to some very noisy late night / early morning fireworks. I later found out this was the last day of Christmas celebrations. The weather wasn’t ideal either today with it raining on an off during the day.

  • Saturday 5 January 2013 Highlights: Tikal Ruins Today we left Belize behind getting up around 6 am in order to have breakfast and be on the road by 6.40 am. Border control was interesting, we paid $18.75 USD To exit Belize and about $1.25 USD to enter Guatemala. The interesting aspect is we walked past…

  • Friday 4 January 2013 Highlights: Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Caves. During the night it rained very hard and as a result all our booked activities today underwent major changes. For me the Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves or the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre was changed from a 11.30 am departure to 8.15 am. This news…

  • Thursday 3 January 2013 Highlights: Travel day by boat and public yellow school bus Travel day from Caye Caulker to San Ignacio which meant a 45 minute water boat ride back to the mainland and away from paradise, literary since that was the name of our hotel!