Made it from Cancun to Valladolid, after waiting a few hours for the rental car company that never showed. Got a different car and found the hotel in Valladolid con no problemas. That's the new buzzword for Mexico, "no hay problema" -- that that means is that you can ask for whatever you want, such as working plumbing, etc., and its no problem, except you won't get it! However, we enjoyed Valladolid and came down to Orange Walk in Belize a couple of days ago.
Found a very nice hotel in Orange Walk Town for $30 per night double, very clean and quiet near the river. Interesting note is that although this is really a shabby third world town, all of the motel and restaurant furniture is very beautifully constructed from local hardwoods by the mennonite community nearby. No broken plastic stuff. We've eaten at two nice "touristy" restaurants -- the "hacienda" at the edge of town, and the "lamanai" by the riverside. Very reasonable, I had lobster for $14 US.
We took a boat trip upRiver to the Lamanai ruins with "jungle river tours" -- good boat, good guide -- its a family run business about 20 years old, and operates out of a tiny cubbyhole right by the main plaza. Our guide was Ignacio and he had a lot of information on the ruins, as well as being an excellent animal and bird spotter. We saw several interesting birds on the river as well as crocodiles and tiny bats sleeping on tree trunks. At the ruins we saw howler monkeys in the treetops, quite a few of them.
Today we are headed for the Cayo district, and hopefully there will be a faster internet connection so I can add photos. Having really great time, easy traveling.
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Sounds like you're having a great time. How are you connecting to the Internet?
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