The Nomads

Wading where Stan Creek joins Belize river

Left Belize City, Belize 9:00 AM
Temp: 36 degrees C
Sunny & Hot and Sticky

First order of business – find a detailed map of Belize that has interconnections with surrounding countries

Second order of business - deal with the fact that there is no such thing available in Belize

Next rude awakening – there are few street signs and practically no stop signs at intersections and the right of way generally goes to the bravest, the biggest or the fastest!

Driving around the city on gravel and sand main streets takes me back to when I was a kid. The only thing missing are the road apples!

The people are pretty much all Creole; I’ve only seen four white faces all day.

We left Belize City headed for Dangriga via Belmopan on the Western Highway. At Belmopan we took the Hummingbird Highway for ninety kilometres through some of the heaviest Belizean jungle. If you’ve watched hummingbirds fly, you have a good idea of what the road does…..up, down, around, back again, now here; now there, all over the place….What a fun ride on a bike!

We stopped in at Guanacaste National Park to hike into the jungle and ended up in a great swimming hole where Stan Creek joins “the historic Belize river”. Huge butterflies, amazing canopy, nice cool water!

We pulled into Dangriga around 4:30 and started looking for a place to stay, found a cabana on the beach, not the Ritz Carleton, but adequate, and cool with the ocean breeze. We’ll go to sleep with the sound of the waves crashing on the beach tonight.

Kilometers - Daytrip: 440 km total: 9200
Gas: $23.00
Lodging: Ruthie’s Cabanas $35

Name the roadkill (5ft from tip of tail to snout)

# posted by Richard and Susie @ 10:40 AM