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Hitching a ride with MayaWalk tours to Tikal for $15 US, we crossed the Belizean-Guatemalan border with no problems – other than the Belizean government extracting another $40 dollars in tourist exit fees, and exchanging money there on the bad advice of the driver that it was a better rate than at Tikal. Switching to [...]
After meeting in Corozal – a waterside border town on Chetumal Bay, Belize, mostly used as a stopover for those heading to the Cayes – we headed for San Ignacio in western Belize via the “chicken” buses, which, although named for the live chickens sometimes carried on board (dinner?), they are actually old USA school [...]
After a 25 minute boat ride, I arrived on the second largest caye, Caye Caulker. This small island is only about 5 miles long and 1 mile wide at its widest part. As you walk off the water taxi pier, you see a mosaic with the island’s motto, “Go Slow”, very nice! The island is [...]
Another case of itchy feet and off we go to Central America. Due to some work constraints, Cynthia could only get 5 weeks to travel. I (Warren) headed out first for two weeks to bum around the Cayes(pronounced keys) of Belize, get my Advanced Open Water Diving Certification, and dive the famous (at least among [...]