Scooting Worldwide: San Ignacio Rocks!

This is me in front of a lovely mangrove tree on beautiful Caye Calker. I have lots of great shots that I haven't uploaded because the internet connections were slow and pricey on Caye Calker. Hopefully this post will help make up for it! :)

I just arrived in San Ignacio! Left Caye Calker this morning and took the water taxi to Belize City. There I boarded an old schoolbus and rode it 90 minutes across the country to arrive at San Ignacio.

When I got here, I found out prices are about 50% what they are in Caye Calker (YAY!), and then came on down to an internet cafe to upload some of my photos.

Unfortunately, I JUST discovered that my trip (2 hours ago) to Cahal Pech (Mayan) ruin was NOT captured by my camera. In fact, it looks like all my photos since the 6th are all garbage. So I'm still a little sad about that.

BUT the ruin was really cool. On the top of a hill in the middle of town. Surreal. It was really amazing to know that 3,000 years ago there was a thriving population of Mayans RIGHT HERE on this same land. In fact, Belize today has just under 300,000 people. Back then, there were about 1 million Mayans. Amazing.

I am staying at the J&R Guest House. The room is clean & neat, the bathroom is VERY nice compared to the last place, and the rate is almost 50% what I paid on Caye Calker.

Tomorrow I do the "ATM" (Actun Tunichil Muknal) cave. The next day, I want to do Xunantunich. Lots of fun names in these parts! Those Mayans loved a good tongue twister!

That's the momentary update. I'm here in San Ignacio for a couple of days, then on the 13th, I head back to Belize City where I catch a flight to meet Jacob in Flores, Guatemala. We will see Tikal, see Antigua, and visit his friend Teresa. Antigua is said to live up to its hype. I can't wait.

Cheers!

Some sights from Caye Calker, Belize: