For the month of April we made the town of San Ignacio Belize our home. It is a small, dusty yet quaint town, across from another small town, Santa Elena. They are only minutes from the Guatemala border and about two hours from the ocean. [bctt tweet=”Small Town #Belize #travel #photography”] Visiting San Ignacio Belize San Ignacio has […]
Category Archives: Belize Travel Guide
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May
May
Towards the end of our trip, we found a great Belize swimming hole called Cristo Rey and Monkey Falls. I wish we had known about it from the beginning with the high temperatures we experienced! The water flows into the little pools via two sources. A natural spring coming out of the woods and pouring over […]
02
May
May
Tikal was our last Maya adventure during our Belize travels. We crossed the Belize border into Guatemala without trouble and the roads were safe and fairly maintained. We drove along Lake Peten Itza and I wish we had time to swim. The water was calling my name! At Tikal we saw pretty yellow birds, Spider […]
28
Apr
Apr
I cannot express the happiness I felt when we crossed the border into Mexico last night! Brad felt the same way. I guess we can officially say that Morelia, Mexico is our home now, because that is where our heart is. I don’t know if we will live there permanently but we are definitely comfortable […]
23
Apr
Apr
We spent some time in Palencia, Belize. It’s a two and a half hour drive from San Ignacio. We traveled via the Hummingbird Highway and the Southern Highway. There are many sights to see on the way. Colorful schools, fancy homes, and banana farms. The sun was hiding when we hit the beach. Seagulls […]
22
Apr
Apr
Another day, another pyramid! We drove three hours one way from San Ignacio to visit the Maya ruins of Caracol. It was a very slow and bumpy ride, but in the end it was worth the trip. In it’s prime, Caracol was the home to more then 140,000 Mayas. Those little tiny figures in the […]